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You can't fix a fundamentally broken law; you've got to replace it. That's why Congress can't save Obamacare with a few tweaks, despite what its… — Paul Ryan
Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if… — Mary Douglas
I knew I wanted to be a journalist ever since I was a teenager. While it is interesting and gratifying to be on the business… — David Talbot
I've traveled with Jack Murtha to Iraq three times to learn more about the region, talk with our diplomats and military leaders, and meet with… — John B. Larson
The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters. — Ramana Maharshi
Well, I liked it - that was the main thing. I liked it, but I didn't think of it in terms of a career. I… — Herb Ritts
In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. It is a declaration not of material but of spiritual conceptions. Equality,… — Calvin Coolidge
One of George Washington's main concerns was to make sure that his soldiers had adequate supplies of meat: A part of the army has been… — George Washington
The main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego. — Albert Einstein
Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed… — Calvin Coolidge
A detective novel should contain no long descriptive passages, no literary dallying with side-issues, no subtly worked-out character analyses, no 'atmospheric' preoccupations. Such matters have… — S. S. Van Dine
Some men never master anything other than the details of a job. Others master the main idea back of the job. — William Feather
If I ever have a son, and if he wants to follow in my footsteps in Formula 1, my main responsibility will be to point… — Jenson Button
In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. — Henry David Thoreau
Let them like the Tibetans, chew the cud of their "om mane padme hum" innumerable times, or, as in Benares, count the name of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to… — Jack Osbourne
A muddy little stream, a village grown unfamiliar with time and trees. I turn around and retrace my way up Main Street and park and… — Wallace Stegner
All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in… — Mortimer Adler
My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938. — George Stigler
Unteachable from infancy to tomb - There is the first and main characteristic of mankind. — Winston Churchill

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