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I think it's funny. There was a time when men were afraid that somebody would reveal some secret of theirs that was unknown to their… — Ayn Rand
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. — Edmund Burke
The photographer hopes, in brief, to discover a tension so exact that it is peace. — Robert Adams
A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. â€˜Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of actuality… — Stephen Shore
The absence of romance from my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who… — Thucydides
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made. And… — Alcibiades
The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a… — Mahatma Gandhi
Law practice is the exact opposite of sex:even when it's good, it's bad. — Mortimer Zuckerman
If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we… — Plato
The money you attract is the exact measure of value of the ideas you have succeeded in externalizing. — Elizabeth Towne
My biggest problem is retaining the exact information. — David Cross
A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enough away so that you really… — Wes Bentley
The exact process you use to build courage isn't important. What's important is that you consciously do it. Just as your muscles will atrophy if… — Steve Pavlina
DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears. — Ambrose Bierce
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed… — Joseph Joubert
I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive… — Alfred North Whitehead
Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section. — Walter Rudolf Hess
To choose and be so adamant about this exact location just a block or two away from 9/11, again is that knife, it feels like. — Sarah Palin
I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo… — Aaron Copland
The establishment of the world community will surely exact a price â€“ and who can tell what that price may be? â€“ in toil, suffering… — H.G. Wells

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