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I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold. — Elizabeth I
If I paid ten dollars for a cigar, first I'd make love to it, then I'd smoke it. — George Burns
You may have decided again and again, and again and again you have failed - not because smoking is such a great phenomenon that you… — Rajneesh
The seeker after stillness should be told that the stillness is always there. Indeed it is in every man. But he has to learn, first,… — Paul Brunton
I like first class, but I don't like first class people - I prefer the people in coach. I like fine restaurants, but prefer the… — Alber Elbaz
In fact, whatever exists in the universe, in essence, in appearance, in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and then in his… — Leonardo da Vinci
Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever. — Vladimir Lenin
My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of… — Richard Dawkins
Autocracy cannot do without its twin agents: a hangman and a priest, the first to suppress popular resistance by force, the second to sweeten and… — Vladimir Lenin
The first and last lesson of religion is, 'The things that are seen are temporal; the things that are not seen are eternal.' It puts… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fear first created the gods. — George Santayana
(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment. — Sandra Day O'Connor
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office… — Lyndon B. Johnson
The first step is for man to cease to be the slave of man. The second, is to cease to be the slave of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
There is a light at the end of the tunnel but first you'll have to find the light switch and change the bulb before switching… — Tim Field
The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must insist on their… — Erwin Rommel
What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other, wiping… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening. — Unknown Author
In this communication I wish first to show in the simplest case of the hydrogen atom (nonrelativistic and undistorted) that the usual rates for quantization… — Erwin Schrodinger
This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good… — Queen Elizabeth II

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