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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to… — Edmund Burke
I think his development has been lightning quick because of his God-given talent. He has great aptitude and he's been able to develop very fast… — Unknown Author
I would have given you the world if you had given me the chance. — Unknown Author
The worst is that the very hardest thinking will not bring thoughts. They must come like good children of God and cry, "Here we are."… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ideas are like matter, infinitely divisible. It is not given to us to get down so to speak to their final atoms, but to their… — Christian Nestell Bovee
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
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first place. Except where… — Ross Douthat
To be resigned when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that… — Nathaniel Cotton
When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there.… — Joseph Rodman Drake
Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have… — Grenville Kleiser
Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil. — Charles Simmons
In life you are given two ends; one to think with and the other to sit on. Your success in life depends on which end… — Conrad Burns
It would be a horrible mistake for black people to say, as some have said, "We don't recognize him..." If you refuse to deal with… — Charles E. Blake
Sometimes men present a swagger that suggests a prowess, whether it's sexual or financial. L.A. seems to be a place where trying too hard is… — Michael C. Hall
If you're given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal. — Katharine Hepburn
I believe since we've all been given free will, let's use our will to let others be free. Gay and lesbian couples, they believe in… — Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson
Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults as rotten SOB's given to fistfights, gunplay, and other mayhem.… — P.J. O'Rourke
To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a… — John Updike
The marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous world. Across the communications landscape… — J. G. Ballard
We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have called masculine or feminine are as lightly linked to sex… — Margaret Mead

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