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A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for… — Clark Kerr
What I have learned about corporate capitalism, roughly, is that it is an act of theft, by and large, through which a very few live… — Karl Hess
The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing in the Summer… — Myrtle Reed
Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutters slowly attempting… — Howard Whitley Eves
The reduced variability of small populations is not always due to accidental gene loss, but sometimes to the fact that the entire population was started… — Ernst Mayr
As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect… — Adrian Belew
When Stevie and I joined the band, we were in the midst of breaking up, as were John and Christine. By the time Rumours was… — Lindsey Buckingham
Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity. — Marshall McLuhan
I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an… — Carmen Miranda
My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually… — Georg Brandes
In a country this large and a language even larger ... there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and wants to entertain… — John Updike
A large number of well-trained scientists outside of evolutionary biology and paleontology have unfortunately gotten the idea that the fossil record is far more Darwinian… — David M. Raup
There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information, it is but… — David M. Raup
I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the… — William Allingham
Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry… — John Buchanan Robinson
Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output. — Christina Romer
Despite being able to demonstrate a very large audience, major advertisers at first wouldn't touch Limbaugh. — Paul Weyrich
There is nothing to prevent you from pushing your propaganda, to push your programme out to the students or with the public at largeâ€¦and if… — Lee Kuan Yew
We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than… — Lee Kuan Yew
A serious life, by definition, is a life one reflects on, a life one tries to make sense of and bear witness to. Truth in… — Vivian Gornick

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