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Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe… — R. Buckminster Fuller
In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our revolution. They existed before. — Millard Fillmore
What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not… — Thomas Jefferson
If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as 'human rights'? How smart… — Carl Sagan
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.… — Albert Schweitzer
As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all… — Albert Einstein
Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I… — Guy Kawasaki
Love can sweep you off your feet and carry you along in a way you've never known before. But the ride always ends, and you… — Jack Handey
The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes… — Dale Carnegie
This house isn't mine anymore, but the memories are; the memories can't be sold. The building that housed my once-upon-a-time dreams stands for someone else… — Cecelia Ahern
Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended. — Colley Cibber
Every day your memory grows dimmer - it doesn't haunt me like it did before. — Bob Dylan
Spend at least one Mother's Day with your respective mothers before you decide on marriage. If a man gives his mother a gift certificate for… — Erma Bombeck
We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was,… — Art Buchwald
Most nights, someone ends up in our bed. The kids do knock before entering. We've at least got that part down because mommy and daddy… — Angelina Jolie
Becoming a mom allowed me to just relax in a way I never had before. I used to care a lot about what I looked… — Busy Philipps
This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow in April, but… — Nikola Tesla
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do… — Stephen Covey
Someday, in the moment of death, your whole life will pass before you. In a few fractions of a second-because time no longer applies-you will… — Dan Millman
As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case… — Confucius
A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it. — Seneca the Younger
He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche
From a hundred cultures, [there is] one culture which does what no culture has ever done before-gives a place to every human gift. — Margaret Mead
There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change;… — Carlos Castaneda

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