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Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. — Ray Charles
One state retiree, 49 years old, paid, over the course of his entire career, a total of $124,000 towards his retirement pension and health benefits.… — Chris Christie
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on… — John Henrik Clarke
In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet… — Hillary Clinton
My father was and is a great journalist. Thirty years ago, I was studying broadcasting in college, and the problem was I wasn't nearly as… — George Clooney
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If… — Jean Cocteau
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific,… — George H. W. Bush
When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you. — Jean Anouilh
There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash… — Jack Welch
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans - liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal - the largest voluntary migrations in recorded… — George W. Bush
Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be. — Abraham Maslow
It is the destiny of the theater nearly everywhere and in every period to struggle even when it is flourishing. — Hyman Taubman
[Fritz Haber's] greatness lies in his scientific ideas and in the depth of his searching. The thought, the plan, and the process are more important… — Richard Willstatter
Nearly every understanding is gained by a painful struggle in which belief and unbelief are dramatically interwoven. — Unknown Author
There are nearly 1 million Americans who visit the emergency room each year because of dental pain at a cost that runs into the hundreds… — Miles O'Brien
Since the September 11 attacks, nearly 400 individuals have been arrested by the Justice Department as a result of ongoing investigations into international terrorism. Of… — Jo Bonner
Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to new conditions, new methods, new… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The Americans say that we are ungrateful-but I ask them for heaven's sake, what should we be grateful to them for-for murdering our fathers and… — David Walker
I think back to the day I drove Michelle and a newborn Malia home from the hospital nearly 13 years ago-crawling along, miles under the… — Barack Obama
If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the case,… — Charles Darwin
Millions of people in nearly 80 countries still live in fear of landmines and explosive remnants of war, which take an unacceptable toll on lives… — Ban Ki-moon
The first thing you do is teach the person to feel that the vision is very important and nearly impossible. That draws out the drive… — Edwin Land
The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says 'Amen' and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God… — Frank Laubach
The great error of nearly all studies of war... has been to consider war as an episode in foreign policies, when it is an act… — Simone Weil
Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over… — John Kenneth Galbraith

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