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In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by the… — David Hurn
It seems so utterly naive that landscape - not that of the pictorial school - is not considered of "social significance" when it has a… — Edward Weston
The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind — Emanuel Lasker
What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but… — Charles Caleb Colton
I am speaking of the life of a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children;… — Wendell Berry
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern for the animals… — Peter Singer
God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves, but He had given animals knowledge which did not depend on… — Anna Sewell
For unnumbered centuries of human history the wilderness has given way. The priority of industry has become dogma. Are we as yet sufficiently enlightened to… — Aldo Leopold
A true soldier does not argue as he marches, how success is going to be ultimately achieved. But he is confident that if he only… — Mahatma Gandhi
What makes these special Beaujolais attractive is the same thing that has always made Beaujolais attractive: the price. Given the insane prices of so many… — Frank J. Prial
Ultimately, what separates a winner from a loser at the grandmaster level is the willingness to do the unthinkable. A brilliant strategy is, certainly, a… — Garry Kasparov
If you're given champagne at lunch, there's a catch somewhere. — Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons
...Although, as the Latin verb to educate, educate, indicates, it is not a question of putting something in but drawing it out, if it is… — Martha Graham
...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in… — Seneca the Younger
The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher. — Leo Tolstoy
While we teach knowledge, we are losing that teaching which is the most important one for human development: the teaching which can only be given… — Erich Fromm
The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity. — G. Stanley Hall
How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle? — Katherine Mansfield
In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate… — Mahatma Gandhi
You have a teacher talking about his gayness. (The elementary school student) goes home then and says "Mom! What's gayness? We had a teacher talking… — Michele Bachmann

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