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12351 Last quotes by 6609 unique authors
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The first and last lesson of religion is, 'The things that are seen are temporal; the things that are not seen are eternal.' It puts…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, 'I am.' To know God is to know that our…
— C.S. Lewis
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It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and control them. The…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Everyone remembers his past with greater vividness as the present becomes more important. Dying men in their last delirium are supposed to see their whole…
— Italo Svevo
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The last 100 years of research into the human brain...sees the brain as an organ that works by physical principles just like the other organs…
— Steven Pinker
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Buddhas can take you to the boundary line of meditation and samadhi. That is the only difference between meditation and samadhi. If your mind has…
— Rajneesh
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The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.
— Laozi
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The media have just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great pendulum of public consciousness has…
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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When a child is in crisis, parents should have a role and a voice. They should be the first to help, not the last to…
— George W. Bush
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He fished in his pocket for his keys and instead pulled out the last geode, gray and smooth, earth-shaped. He held it, warming in his…
— Kim Edwards
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If the great story of the last century was the conflict among various political ideologies-communism, fascism and democracy-then the great narrative of this century will…
— Cynthia Tucker
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The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of freedom and the spread of civilization. The West will not contain…
— Ronald Reagan
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But to me, the most important page in my daughter's book is the last one - because it's blank. It says 'Your Hero's Photo Here,'…
— Brad Meltzer
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I do eat well. I try to love my body. That is what I tell my daughter. I say, 'Love every bite of food. Love…
— Helen Hunt
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I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost - but I really…
— Kathleen Turner
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Last week I was in London at an awards show, then I flew home and was in an RV park with my wife and kids…
— Peter Facinelli
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My life was very tenuous last year. My daughter's death, in March in 2007, was unexpected. It was a shock. I didn't know if I'd…
— Phoebe Snow
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There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that…
— Pat Summerall
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
— Tacitus
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My life has crept so long on a broken wing Through cells of madness, haunts of horror and fear, That I come to be grateful…
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Time indeed changes manners and notions, and so far we must expect institutions to bend to them. But time produces also corruption of principles, and…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long.
— Shelley Winters
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I was so drunk last night I fell down and missed the floor.
— Dean Martin
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When I finally embraced abstinence it was because of the simple urge to work a longer day. Thus, without joining Alcoholics Anonymous, I was at…
— Clive James
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