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Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries… — Sandra Day O'Connor
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they… — Charlotte Bronte
I cannot love thee; thou 'rt worse than thy brother. Go, say thy prayers, child, and ask God's pardon. I doubt thy mother and I… — Emily Bronte
It is often to be observed, that as in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthly rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled… — Herman Melville
Happier are all men than the dwellers in Faerie â€“ or the gods, for that matterâ€¦Better a life like a falling star, bright across the… — Poul Anderson
A religion is a source of happiness and I would not deprive anyone of happiness. But it is a comfort appropriate for the weak, not… — Robert A. Heinlein
Responsibility cannot be shared. — Robert A. Heinlein
Do not waste a minute - not a second - in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
On a motif such as was indicated by Reti one cannot build the plan of a whole well contested game; it is too meagre, too… — Emanuel Lasker
Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One cannot… — Aron Nimzowitsch
Human intelligence is a limited resource. It cannot solve problems caused by ignoring fundamentals of existence. — Leon Krier
When we look at a painting, or hear a symphony, or read a book, and feel more Named, then, for us, that work is a… — Madeleine L'Engle
I've never wanted to be a witch, but an alchemist, now that's a different matter. To invent this wizard world, I've learned a ridiculous amount… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that… — Brian Jacques
The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to us than the city of happiness. I cannot describe it at all. It… — Ursula K. Le Guin
But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot. — F. H. Bradley
I listen to the gunfire we cannot hear, and begin this journey with the light of knowing the root of my own furious love. — Joy Harjo
Because Music is a language that lives in the spiritual realms, we can hear it, we can notate it and create it, but we cannot… — Joy Harjo
I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind. — Naomi Campbell

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