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The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not. — Sandra Cisneros
Perhaps most important, judges will have goals. And because this is so, judges will often try to mold and steer the law in order to… — Elena Kagan
Tell a child, a husband or an employee that he is stupid or dumb at a certain thing, that he has no gift for it,… — Dale Carnegie
For me, drum elements are like hieroglyphics - I think of a certain physical figure, and a little three-dimensional glyph will appear in my mind… — Neil Peart
I have preferred to teach my students not English literature but my love for certain authors, or, even better, certain pages, or even better than… — Jorge Luis Borges
How the holy and the profane mix in the light of day and at the end of life is sometimes the most beautiful thing in… — Mark Helprin
For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie. — Sam Mendes
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart’s affections and the truth of the Imagination – What the imagination seizes as Beauty… — John Keats
The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain… — Edgar Allan Poe
The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin… — Robert E. Lee
Certain guys, they can see a guy do a certain thing with their glove and know what pitch is coming. I couldn't do that. But… — Rickey Henderson
There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is… — Alberto Gonzales
We're into this barrage of pop culture - you know, TV, movies, the Internet. We become creatures that we've made up, made of certain different… — Gillian Flynn
Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain… — Giorgio de Chirico
When I saw photographs of children murdered by the Fascist, I felt furious pity. When the supporters of Franco talked of Red atrocities, I merely… — Stephen Spender
Let me just say that while I personally am very fond of John Boehner, his record of predicting what would happen if certain policies, economic… — Jay Carney
I don't think they understand it's as important as math and science. It rounds you out as a person. I think it gives you a… — Marvin Hamlisch
The violent, antirationalistic impulse in Western countries is reacting to an intellectual state of affairs in which all thinking has become strategy; this impulse shows… — Peter Sloterdijk
We like to think of industrialization as being despicable. I don't really know what to make of it. There’s something terribly brittle about it. I… — Roy Lichtenstein
The term 'charisma' will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is considered extraordinary and treated as… — Max Weber
It is unacceptable to risk the lives of American soldiers and sailors merely to accommodate the sexual lifestyles of certain individuals. — Larry Craig
There are just certain times I sense the Lord is wanting me to write, and so I write. — Francis Chan
I confess to you guys, I confess to the church, I know I have backed away from certain things because of my arrogance. I thought… — Francis Chan
I regard this conclusion as coming in the same sort of category, of historical probability so high as to be virtually certain, as the death… — N. T. Wright

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