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Behind us lay the great Antarctic Land; snow peaks rising beyond one another until by distance they dwindled away into insignificancy. The silence and immobility… — Unknown Author
Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals can exist without… — Benjamin Rush
It is, indeed, a fact that, in the midst of society and sociability every evil inclination has to place itself under such great restraint, don… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay… — Thomas Paine
Wherever any precept of traditional morality is simply challenged to produce its credentials, as though the burden of proof lay on it, we have taken… — C.S. Lewis
It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and… — Alexander Hamilton
Then it was intoxicating. The smooth takeoff, and the free feeling of having the world drop away. Soon after leaving the ground, they were crossing… — James Salter
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then,… — John Lennon
We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary… — Thomas Jefferson
When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you're bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished… — Georges Bernanos
I felt an absolutely indescribable sense of menace. It was hell on earth to be there [in the presence of the entities], and yet I… — Whitley Strieber
Look, we're Americans: optimistic, addicted to the quick fix, constantly on the hunt for the new and exotic. It's much easier for us to accept… — Dennis Miller
I'm cool with whatever. I'll just keep eating my bread, sipping my soup and serving my time. But the chicken is going to lay some… — Unknown Author
I lay naked in furs a lot. I think I'm naked more than I talk. — Jason Momoa
A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up. — Eartha Kitt
Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny. — Morgan Freeman
You don’t try to build a wall, you don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say ‘I’m going to build the biggest, baddest,… — Will Smith
The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we allow to gather… — Bruce Lee
I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet. — Iggy Pop
You sleep with a man, that's your husband. So make sure before you lay down, you love him. — Krs One
A real man wouldn't lay a finger on a woman. He treats his partner with respect, love and support. Men are physically stronger and have… — Matt Lanter
What we should be teaching are the problems and holes and I think there are legitimate problems and holes in the theory of evolution. And… — Rick Santorum
I lay in bed at night by myself and I’m totally okay, and that’s so much stronger than the person three years ago, who would… — Miley Cyrus
I do what I can when I can. When my kids are at school, I have to work. But I try to take 15 minutes… — Unknown Author

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