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What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other… — Henry David Thoreau
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us. — Richard Whately
Love you all the time, 'cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it's bright enough to light my life — Gloria Estefan
If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall.… — Julian Bond
Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see. — John Cage
All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers. — John C. Maxwell
We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's… — Merle Haggard
['Fire and Rain'] is sort of almost uncomfortably close. Almost confessional. The reason I could write a song like that at that point, and probably… — James Taylor
A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised 'til… — Stephen Sondheim
Only see you when I close my eyes. We on borrowed time when I delayed the sunlight. — Bobby V
The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New Orleans on tour… — Chuck Berry
CSETI (The Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has in the past 18 months succeeded in intentionally establishing contact with extraterrestrial spacecraft, on two… — Steven M. Greer
Various polls have indicated that approximately 10% of Americans (25 million people) have seen them at close range so that details of the structure of… — Steven M. Greer
I became entirely given over to extreme dread. The fear was so powerful that it seemed to make my personality completely evaporate... 'Whitley' ceased to… — Whitley Strieber
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is eager to enter into close relationship with the Bank for International Settlements....The conclusion is impossible to escape… — Louis Thomas McFadden
A saucer flew right over (us), put down three landing gears, and landed out on the dry lakebed. (The cameramen) went out there with their… — Gordon Cooper
Several days in a row we sighted groups of metallic, saucer-shaped vehicles at great altitudes over the base Germany, 1951 and we tried to get… — Gordon Cooper
It followed us during half of our orbit. We observed it on the light side, and when we entered the shadow side, it disappeared completely.… — Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev
It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find at galaxy's edge.… — Gore Vidal
I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all. — Bobby Fischer

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