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Certain characteristics of the subject are clear. To begin with, we do not in this subject deal with particular things or particular properties: we deal… — Bertrand Russell
Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely to go in… — B. C. Forbes
Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too, as in certain combinations so words and in all kinds… — Plotinus
I find that in California I can't find guys that have enough energy. They play a little bit and that's about it. They play less.… — Pharoah Sanders
The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a… — Matthew Shipp
I always say it's not my Arkestra, it belongs to some other force which wants certain things, to reach people. — Sun Ra
A certain type of person strives to become a master over all, and to extend his force, his will to power, and to subdue all… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The FDA calls certain substances "controlled." But there are no "controlled substances," there are only controlled citizens. — Thomas Szasz
Human society is not a machine, and it must not be made such, even in the economic field.... Access to employment [shall not be] made… — Pope Pius XII
The effect of the indulgence of human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do. — Kim Clijsters
We are most often in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused. — M. Scott Peck
In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people who would shut up the human race upon this globe, we shall one day travel to… — Jules Verne
It is my contention that an agent ideal to the use of the scientific militarist, for both the air raid and the long distance bombardment… — David Lasser
I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is 'I love you,' and one of them is bullets. — Nathan Fillion
Robert Pattinson has the face of a film-noir dupe. It's a face that is searching and open and kind. It's a face that a certain… — Wesley Morris
Good taste ruins certain true spiritual values: such as taste itself. — Coco Chanel
After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper… — Hannah More
Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore… — Ayn Rand
If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy. — Karen Hughes

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