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A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers… — Christopher Columbus
And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the… — Clare Short
One of the many burdens of the person professing Christianity has always been the odium likely to be heaped upon him by fellow Christians quick… — Russell Baker
Evidence in support of general relativity came quickly. Astronomers had long known that Mercury’s orbital motion around the sun deviated slightly from what Newton’s mathematics… — Brian Greene
To work for delight and authentic festivity is barely distinguishable from preparing for a general insurrection — Raoul Vaneigem
Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love the organisms for… — E. O. Wilson
At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about… — Dennis Ritchie
A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the… — Richard V. Allen
In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office. — Richard V. Allen
Money is the general medium of exchange. It is the thing for which all other goods are traded, the means of final payment for such… — Murray Rothbard
The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation of writing skills… — Unknown Author
The United States in particular and the West in general should be feeling a little embarrassed about all that lecturing we did to the Third… — Paul Krugman
We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end. — Lane Kirkland
Well, you know, I have always had an issue with the whole weight thing with people in general because I happen to love how big… — Debi Mazar
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. — Margaret Oliphant
I had no interest in fashion when I was younger. I was such a tomboy. I loved soccer, as you call it, or sports in… — Cara Delevingne
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response. — Carl von Clausewitz
I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the… — Sam Houston
Physiology seeks to derive the processes in our own nervous system from general physical forces, without considering whether these processes are or are not accompanied… — Wilhelm Wundt
Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr, and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad. — David Karp
The Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment, and general recession. The Tunisian revolution is not far from us. The Arab citizen entered an unprecedented… — Amr Moussa
In general, presidents and congressmen have very limited power to do good for the economy and awesome power to do bad. The best good thing… — Walter E. Williams
As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure… — Leon Trotsky
What's good for General Bullmoose is good for the U.S.A.! — Al Capp
Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet. — Novalis

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