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We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of… — Michael Korda
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical… — Li Ka-shing
Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the… — Jessica Lange
Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values. — Christopher Lasch
All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing. — D. H. Lawrence
It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as… — T.E. Lawrence
Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on… — C.S. Lewis
Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of. — Charles de Lint
When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark… — Haniel Long
If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest… — H P Lovecraft
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they… — Niccolo Machiavelli
All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. — Maurice Maeterlinck
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. — Gustav Mahler
Brands must have a point of view on that purposeful engagement, whether it's directed towards the environment, poverty, water as a resource or causes such… — Simon Mainwaring
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of… — Nelson Mandela
While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser. — Karl Marx
The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only… — Karl Marx
Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being,… — Rollo May
When will the day come that our dignity will be fully restored, when the purpose of our lives will no longer be merely to survive… — Thabo Mbeki
It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life. — Bryant H. McGill
True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for… — Bryant H. McGill
Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. — Phyllis McGinley
So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because a math major… — Danica McKellar

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