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Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. — John Ruskin
A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money… — Edward Sapir
If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say… — Alexei Sayle
The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where… — Martin Scorsese
I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point… — Peter Singer
Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law. — Sonia Sotomayor
There is perhaps not an enlightened Christian in America who, notwithstanding he may believe that, at the time of Jesus, men were possessed of devils,… — Lysander Spooner
But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all… — Henry Morton Stanley
Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to… — Adora Svitak
A lot of people in my world - in the acting world - have either lost friends to Aids or live with HIV because its… — Emma Thompson
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled. — Hunter S. Thompson
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know.… — Henry David Thoreau
As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others… — John Travolta
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by… — George Washington
When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a… — Teddy Wilson
There are many resistance movements in the world, like the IRA for instance. But it is only Islamic resistance movements that are put on the… — Ahmed Yassin
For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In… — Alber Elbaz
'Digiphrenia' is really the experience of trying to exist in more than one incarnation of yourself at the same time. There's your Twitter profile, there's… — Douglas Rushkoff
We know there are certain types of viruses that are nasty - influenza, for instance, is an area that is not a blindside. But a… — Nathan Wolfe
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so muchâ€”the wheel, New… — Douglas Adams

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