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Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Stop for a moment and let that sink in. Weâ€™re so used to evaluating everything (and… — Stasi Eldredge
In South Africa, they dig for diamonds. Tons of earth are moved to find a little pebble not as large as a little fingernail. The… — Robert Ringer
My goal was livelihood. We don't use that word often enough. If I could give one piece of advice to anyone it's don't obsess with… — Anita Roddick
My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the famous, not saints,… — A. N. Wilson
Will a guaranteed annual wage kill incentive among the poor? If a man is given a certain amount of security, won't he quit working? Exactly… — Pierre Berton
The main motivations were to try to leverage Google's expertise with large computer systems and to try to give something back to science — Susan Wojcicki
I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My favorite of the… — Peter Mayle
Scientists who do deny their politicsâ€”who claim to be objective and unemotional about gender while living in a world where even boats and automobiles are… — Anne Fausto-Sterling
There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that… — Raj Patel
Everything that enters our field of perception means something, large or small. Everything speaks to us, if we will take off our headphones and hear… — Robert Moss
If one thinks about racism by examining only one wire of the cage, or one form of disadvantage, it is difficult to understand how and… — Iris Marion Young
The question of being is everything. Nothing could be more important or consequential-n othing where the stakes run so high. To remain unconscious of being… — Adyashanti
In a world often marked by selfishness, a large family is a school of solidarity and sharing; and this attitude is to the benefit of… — Pope Francis
The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is… — Winston Churchill
Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The more we retreat from the culture at large the more room we will have to carve out lives of meaning, the more we will… — Chris Hedges
The knowledge of Christ is profound and large. All other sciences are but shadows; this is a boundless, bottomless ocean. Though something of Christ be… — John Flavel
In any fairly large and talkative community such as a university there is always the danger that those who think alike should gravitate together where… — C.S. Lewis
Planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective instrument of coercion and the enforcement of ideals and, as such, essential if central planning… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the… — C L R James

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