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The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign invaders ... to… — Ayn Rand
I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close. — Henry J. Kaiser
Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised… — Mark Twain
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil so that both… — Stephen Covey
The rocks are not so close akin to us as the soil; they are one more remove from us; but they lie back of all,… — John Burroughs
It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close to experience,' and greater confidence… — Albert Einstein
The greatest achievements in the science of this [twentieth] century are themselves the sources of more puzzlement than human beings have ever experienced. Indeed, it… — Lewis Thomas
It is very different to make a practical system and to introduce it. A few experiments in the laboratory would prove the practicability of system… — Thomas A. Edison
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between… — Pope Francis
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
[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of… — Luis Walter Alvarez
Meditate, oft. Separate thyself for a season from the cares of the world. Get close to nature and learn from the lowliest of that which… — Edgar Cayce
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Religion is "so absurd that it comes close to imbecility." — H. L. Mencken
Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. — Laozi
Except witnessing, I don't teach anything else. So just witness your mind and the meditation will be happening. And once you have got in tune… — Rajneesh
Meditation is totally different. When you concentrate you close your mind to everything else. Meditation means just an openness, a relaxed openness. It is not… — Rajneesh
I'm a proud strict mom and, you know, I'm really proud of the two daughters I've raised. And I'm especially proud of my relationship with… — Amy Chua
The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us. We were young, my daughter… — Margot Kidder

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