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Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance… — William S. Burroughs
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some… — Albert Einstein
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change… — Carl Sagan
The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a… — Al Gore
But I must go on," said the Lady Amalthea, "for it is never finished. Even when I wake, I cannot tell what is real, and… — Peter S. Beagle
There are indeed all sorts of men/ who visit here: those who want/ nothing but to talk or hear the soft tones/ of a woman's… — Natasha Trethewey
I have lived lies. I have done it again and again. I live lies because I cannot endure the weakness of anger, and I cannot… — Anne Rice
All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name. Remembered line from a long- forgotten poem — Hunter S. Thompson
An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both… — Albert Camus
I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You… — Jane Austen
I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any… — Mahatma Gandhi
Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!… — Emily Bronte
I couldn't stand it. I still can't stand it. I can't stand the way things are. I cannot tolerate this age. — Walker Percy
For I love the empress of my soul. I love and I cannot but love. You yourself see the whole of me. I shall fly… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
And therefore, â€” since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, â€” I am determined to prove a villain, And hate… — William Shakespeare
Pirate Captain Jim "Walk the plank," says Pirate Jim "But Captain Jim, I cannot swim." "Then you must steer us through the gale." "But Captain… — Shel Silverstein
Need-love says of a woman, "I cannot live without her"; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection...appreciative love gazes and holds its breath and… — C.S. Lewis
Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship.… — Audrey Niffenegger
Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so… — Jane Austen
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, I have forgotten, and what arms have lain Under my head till morning, but the… — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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