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A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with "a sort of… — Holbrook Jackson
I suppose, because I am a sportsman and travel all over Australia, I see every day Australians doing small and large and often unnoticed deeds;… — Steve Waugh
The problems are our lives. In the "developed" countries, at least, the large problems occur because all of us are living either partly wrong or… — Wendell Berry
I can't give you a specific number today, in large part because the analysis upon which we would make that determination has not been completed.… — Tom Vilsack
With each passing year, experimental observations further undermine the claim of a large positive feedback from water. In fact, observations suggest that the feedback is… — William Happer
Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more… — Chester A. Arthur
Credible reporting indicates that Al Qaeda is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States in an effort… — Tom Ridge
Our brains are separate and independent enough from our genes to rebel against them.. we do so in a small way everytime we use contraception.… — Richard Dawkins
The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will… — Eric Hoffer
No Romeo-and-Juliet acts, no nonsense about Love with a large L, none of that popular song claptrap with its skies of blue, dreams come true,… — Aldous Huxley
At the beginning of their careers many writers have a need to overwrite. They choose carefully turned-out phrases; they want to impress their readers with… — Jorge Luis Borges
I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large bell-jar with as… — Amory Lovins
It's important to adhere to the principles of a large group of people that truly believe these principles, and if they believe them, then that's… — Donald Trump
Perhaps it's my natural pessimism, but it seems that an awfully large part of travel these days is to see things while you still can. — Bill Bryson
I am blackly bored when they are at large and at work; but somehow I am still more blackly bored when they are shut up… — Henry James
Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and… — James Surowiecki
We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large… — Susan Sontag
I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a loss… — Lewis Carroll
Technical Expertise is composed of all the little and large bits of technique known to the skilled painter, musician, actor, any artist. He adds these… — L. Ron Hubbard
The notion that persons should be safe from extermination as long as they do not commit willful murder, or levy war against the Crown, or… — George Bernard Shaw

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