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REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to… — Ambrose Bierce
Go directly to Nirvana. Don't pass go - or you'll have kids, you'll grow old together, you'll be born into another realm where you'll forget… — Frederick Lenz
I think it might be better to have the President sort of like the King of England - or the Queen - and have the… — Hunter S. Thompson
First I did animation films, when I was young, in time-lapse. And then in the '80s I went directly to video. The main reason for… — Pipilotti Rist
This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good… — William J. Clinton
We ought to be very cautious in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous… — Baron de Montesquieu
I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let there be no mincing of comparisons in this assertion. Not Turner, not Monet, painted so directly blinding shafts of sunlight as has this Spaniard. — James Huneker
I mean, when you've had a problem in your past, whether it's attributed directly to high cholesterol or not, you want to lower your cholesterol.… — Mike Ditka
I deplore the tendency, in some institutions, to go directly toward training for a trade or profession or something and ignoring the liberal arts. It… — Ronald Reagan
A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods should be preferred… — Henri Matisse
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate… — Martha Graham
You are actually doing something. You are getting into this process without making sure that what you're doing is okay. Things are actually taking place,… — Chogyam Trungpa
We cause our diseases. We are directly responsible for any illness that happens to us. — Michael Crichton
The metaphor is~ an origin, the origin of an image which acts directly, immediately. — Gaston Bachelard
There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect. — Ingmar Bergman
We really want to thank everyone for their kindness and generosity, even those who aren't helping us directly. — Mark Steel
I have always believed that personal relationships are vital in business and that people should be directly accountable for their actions. — Richard Branson
Self-esteem cannot be directly injected. It needs to result from doing well, from being warranted. — Martin Seligman
Country' and 'city' are very powerful words, and this is not surprising when we remember how much they seem to stand for in the experience… — Raymond Williams
Man, like the universe, is a machine. Nothing enters our minds or determines our actions which is not directly or indirectly a response to stimuli… — Nikola Tesla
I wanted to be sure that my donation did two things: went directly into the hands of hurricane victims and that it was an amount… — Dr. Dre
If you voluntarily label a product as being unsuitable for kids and then turn around and market it directly to kids in contradiction of your… — Joe Lieberman
A player's effectiveness is directly related to his ability to be right there, doing that thing, in the moment. He can't be worrying about the… — John Brodie
Chaos has come to be associated with the study of anything complex, but, in fact, the mathematical techniques are directly applicable only to simple systems… — Neil Gershenfeld

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