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Get a sales tax, small on necessities and large on luxuries; then a stiff inheritance tax on the fellow that saves and don't spend. That… — Will Rogers
The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain things… — George Will
I was a microscopic life-form, infinitely large, stumbled backstage of its playhouse, caught a nanosecond glance of its own reality and nearly vaporized in shock. — Johann Sebastian Bach
As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the livestock industry will… — Nhat Hanh
The world has known only very few rebels. But now is the time: if humanity proves incapable of producing a large number of rebels, a… — Rajneesh
Travel is never a matter of money but of courage. I spent a large part of my youth traveling the world as a hippie. And… — Paulo Coelho
If there's no one in your life to love right now, love yourself. A large part of the path of love is learning to love… — Frederick Lenz
The message of love is self-acceptance in the smaller sense and self-acceptance in the large sense - the Self as eternity. — Frederick Lenz
Several large, artificial constructions are approaching us, ZORAC announced after a short pause. The designs are not familiar, but they are obviously the products of… — James P. Hogan
Nuclear weapons need large facilities, but genetic engineering can be done in a small lab. You can't regulate every lab in the world. The danger… — Stephen Hawking
The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. If you're painting… — Joe Bradley
My mother was born in the city, my dad was an immigrant. Probably from Germany. Could have been Austria, could have been Poland. The borders… — William Shatner
People would always say to me, "Why are you wearing such large frames?" And I would say, "The bigger to see you." — Iris Apfel
Drs. Margolis and Fisher have done a great service to education, computer science, and the culture at large. Unlocking the Clubhouse should be required reading… — Anita Borg
I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs. — Maurice Wilkes
And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
School teachers, taking them by and large, are probably the most ignorant and stupid class of men in the whole group of mental workers. — H. L. Mencken
The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not of course, give them the… — Fanny Kemble
A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants.... The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar… — Fanny Kemble
I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large… — Mahatma Gandhi
All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls for… — Luis Barragan
If the goal of the No Child Left Behind Act is to ensure that all children meet state standards, then allowing large numbers of the… — Roy Barnes
Everything can be learned, including, to a very large extent, to be what you are not. You can learn to be pretty if you are… — Henry Anatole Grunwald
In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and packages. The focus is very similar… — Guido van Rossum
In many ways, large profits are even more insidious than large losses in terms of emotional destabilization. I think it's important not to be emotionally… — William Eckhardt

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