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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the…
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would…
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For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it…
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a boundless ocean…
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as…
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That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready…
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Veracity is the heart of morality.
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it…
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If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
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As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room is infallible,…
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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they…
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My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up…
— Jo Brand
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I usually go for the ethnic ladies. That's kinda my preference, but I don't discriminate.
— Mark Salling
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But I am pro-life and will intend, if I’m president of the United States, to encourage pro-life policies. [...] And I hope…
— Mitt Romney
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There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when…
— Edith Wharton
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In my address last year, I spoke on the issue of gaming. My preference then is my preference now: to keep gaming…
— Tim Pawlenty
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If then, said I, the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a…
— Thomas Huxley
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There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in…
— Luis Figo
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Explain! Tell a man to explain how he dropped into hell! Explain my preference! I never had a PREFERENCE for her, any…
— George Eliot
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My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain…
— Andreas Gursky
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My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness.
— Anthony Doerr
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My preference is 3,000, maybe 5,000-seat venues.
— Ronnie Dunn
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As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m…
— Ava DuVernay
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