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[It] may be laid down as a general rule that, if the result of a long series of precise observations approximates a simple relation so… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
[Modern science] passed through a long period of uncertainty and inconclusive experiment, but as the instrumental aids to research improved, and the results of observation… — Thomas George Bonney
I suppose any note, no matter how sour, sounds like a song if you hold onto it long enough. — DeWitt Bodeen
We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach. The answer is simple: if you want something very badly,… — Margo Jones
The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise? — Hugo Ball
I do not desire to die soon, because in Heaven there is no suffering. I desire to live a long time because I yearn to… — Magdalena de Pazzi
America has a long and rich tradition of generosity that began with simple acts of neighbor helping neighbor. — Helen Boosalis
I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as there is honest… — Sybille Bedford
While it is a very hard and sometimes very cruel profession, my love for the bike remains as strong now as it was in the… — Stephen Roche
Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves. — Bill Viola
It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in… — Piper Laurie
Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might.… — Sting
Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise, that weeping loom… — George Gissing
I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't realize how important meat is to you… — Brittany Daniel
As long as man was small in numbers and limited in technology, he could realistically regard the earth as an infinite reservoir, an infinite source… — Kenneth E. Boulding
Humans more easily remember or learn items when they are studied a few times over a long period of time (spaced presentation), rather than studied… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
Why does it have to be hard in life? I was waiting all through life for love. When I finally found it, it is far… — Jessie Joe Parker
Sadly when I want someone to hold me and tell me everything is going to be alright, I have no one. I miss you so… — Shane Johnson
He had an eternity to play that ball... but he took too long over it. — Martin Tyler
Government should allow persons to engage in whatever conduct they want to, no matter how deviant or abnormal it may be, so long as (a)… — Hugo Adam Bedau

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