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In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple. It is there we can see into ourselves. — Unknown Author
Avoiding depression with large daily doses of television. — Paulo Coelho
There are no dreams too large, no innovation unimaginable and no frontiers beyond our reach. — John S. Herrington
The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states.… — Joseph Story
Wars do not end wars any more than an extraordinarily large conflagration does away with the fire hazard. — Henry Ford
The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half-piece bathing suit. If she wore a few more clothes, you might be… — Raymond Chandler
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for… — Mark Twain
Hence, a generative grammar must be a system of rules that can iterate to generate an indefinitely large number of structures. This system of rules… — Noam Chomsky
My mother has always been my role model, and I believe my survival in the entertainment business is in large part due to my desire… — Marie Osmond
The car as we know it is on the way out. To a large extent, I deplore its passing, for as a basically old-fashioned machine,… — J. G. Ballard
The members of the legislative department . . . are numerous. They are distributed and dwell among the people at large. Their connections of blood,… — James Madison
I edit as I go. Especially when I go to commit it to paper. I prefer a typewriter even to a computer. I don't like… — John Prine
Unionism, seldom if ever, uses such powers as it has to ensure better work; almost always it devotes a large part of that power to… — H. L. Mencken
When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them… — Winston Churchill
As individuals, as families, as neighbors, as members of one community, people of all races and political views are usually decent, kind, compassionate. But in… — Dean Koontz
However, the small probability of a similar encounter [of the earth with a comet], can become very great in adding up over a huge sequence… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any more than the… — Tycho Brahe
The earth is large and old enough to teach us modesty. — Hans Cloos
I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don't just think, 'Yes, my country is doing well,'… — Bill Gates

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