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The whole drift of our law is toward the absolute prohibition of all ideas that diverge in the slightest form from the accepted platitudes, and… — H. L. Mencken
I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind that my mission… — Marian Anderson
If an addict who has been completely cured starts smoking again he no longer experiences the discomfort of his first addiction. There exists, therefore, outside… — Jean Cocteau
I know you left me once, but I came right back to find you. Even though I like being in your past, you got a… — Drake
Behind all these men you have to do with, behind officers, and government, and people even, there is the country herself, your country, and .… — Edward Everett Hale
Liberals love to say things like, "We're just asking everyone to pay their fair share." But government is not about asking. It is about telling.… — Thomas Sowell
You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you. — Josephine Baker
I will frankly tell you that my experience in prolonged scientific investigations convinces me that a belief in God-a God who is behind and within… — Louis Agassiz
The existing premises, wholly altered by geologic science, are no longer those of Hume. The foot-print in the sand-to refer to his happy illustration-does now… — Hugh Miller
In every thing that relates to science, I am a whole Encyclopaedia behind the rest of the world. — Charles Lamb
Science stands, a too competant servant, behind her wrangling underbred masters, holding out resources, devices, and remedies they are too stupid to use. ... And… — George Herbert
...culture is useless unless it is constantly challenged by counter culture. People create culture; culture creates people. It is a two-way street. When people hide… — Muhammad Yunus
A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the… — Andre Maurois
One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five or 10 pages… — Lawrence Block
Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind. — Douglas MacArthur
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. — Louis D. Brandeis
The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of Absurdity, and when we have… — Umberto Eco
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow [sic] which can be done… — Abraham Lincoln
To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month, next year, then never deviating from… — Bruce Jenner
The philosophies behind meditation are very current today and are a way of finding some sort of peace. — Orlando Bloom

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