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A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me… — Leon Uris
It is the gifted, unorthodox individual, in the laboratory, or the study, or the walk by the river at twilight, who has always brought to… — Caryl Parker Haskins
It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it is even more… — Douglas Hofstadter
A clear enunciation of these rights needs to be enshrined in the constitution to guarantee that this basic right of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen… — Charlton Heston
The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without… — Sol LeWitt
You have to save the habitat, you have to save the population - not individual animals. What you want to save is the foundation, the… — Ted Nugent
My basic belief is you need to ride the horse in the direction that it's going. — Tim O'Reilly
This contest between the secular and religious visions of government is really the main choice to be made. It won't be decided in one election,… — Adnan Pachachi
We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state. — Tim Pawlenty
I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions. And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures… — Mark Rothko
There are certainly beliefs in traditional Buddhism that conflict with basic principles of scientific understanding, .. We can't make sense of those beliefs in any… — Richard Davidson
In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness. — Josef Albers
The Obama administration has a nasty habit of equating basic conservative values with terrorism. — Tom Fitton
No legislative, administrative or judicial activity in the Hong Kong SAR is allowed to contradict the Basic Law, let alone to go against the Basic… — Wu Bangguo
It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and… — Piet Mondrian
At its most basic, the spiritual is the experience of the connectedness that underlies reality. The depth of that experience depends on the capacity of… — Arthur J. Deikman
Father taught us that opportunity and responsibility go hand in hand. I think we all act on that principle; on the basic human impulse that… — Laurance Rockefeller
The positive thinker, on the contrary, constantly sends out positive thoughts, together with vital mental images of hope, optimism and creativity. He therefore activates the… — Norman Vincent Peale
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds… — W. E. B. Du Bois
A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. — Norman Vincent Peale

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