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Ideology... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence. — Louis Althusser
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness… — Marquis de Sade
Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his… — Robert Fitzgerald
Now, the language that had grown up and formed itself on those principles is what one is dealing with, and the problem is to bring… — Robert Fitzgerald
Yeah, after making Pablo Honey, we started experimenting with cloning myself in order to double the band's creative energy. However, the experiment was a failure,… — Thom Yorke
I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am bored or understand… — Robert Rauschenberg
I will frankly confess that after passing a few weeks in the valley of the Marquesas, I formed a higher estimate of human nature than… — Herman Melville
Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an… — William Graham Sumner
I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug addicts but they… — Mike Tyson
Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character. — Democritus
Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called… — Richard Baxter
Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country,… — Edmund Burke
Having a book is somewhat like having a baby, as many woman writers have observed before me: the conception, the long preparation, the wait, the… — Doris Grumbach
Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous. — Chris Evert
I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and… — Herbie Mann
Civilization is an active deposit which is formed by the combustion of the present with the past. Neither in countries without a Present nor in… — Cyril Connolly
The growth of my love story had been gradual but my success had always existed and both coupled together formed a deadly combination that was… — Faraaz Kazi
We are approaching a time when Christians, especially, may have to declare the social contract between Enlightenment rationalists and Biblical believers - which formed the… — Cal Thomas
Our compassion is the fruit of our spiritual lives; it actually arises spontaneously when formed by intention in our spiritual practice. Love and compassion are… — Wayne Teasdale
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. — Gautama Buddha
The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed. — Plato
I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God's bread, which is the Flesh of… — Ignatius of Antioch
An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness. — David Corbett
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time… — Plato

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