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One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession of… — Sigmund Freud
War, if reason prevails, is waged to obtain a better peace than that which existed prior to the hostilities. — Bela Kiraly
We call on the Senate to reject any judicial nominee who does not affirm fundamental civil rights, including a woman's right [to obtain an abortion… — Susana Martinez
Beauty captivates the flesh in order to obtain permission to pass right through to the soul. . . . When the feeling for beauty happens… — Simone Weil
Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed… — Brent L. Top
Nutrition science, however, suggests that golden rice alone will not greatly diminish vitamin A defi-ciency and associated blindness. [”¦] People whose diets lack [fats and… — Marion Nestle
In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain -- that which they immediately recognize… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Society is doing a great deal for the workingman, for the lower classes; but it seems to me, sometimes, as if it formed associations to… — John Bartholomew Gough
Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy. — Malalai Joya
Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough… — Eric Hoffer
The purely random sample is the only kind that can be examined with confidence by means of statistical theory, but there is one things wrong… — Darrell Huff
Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The stumbling way in which even the ablest of the scientists in every generation have had to fight through thickets of erroneous observations, misleading generalizations,… — James Bryant Conant
When you're free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and… — Scott McCloud
Today the major reason for our interest in Flatland is that for the first time we can achieve some of the dreams of our ancestors… — Thomas Banchoff
The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their… — Major Taylor
My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it. — George Weah
You must start with desire, keeping in mind that with the magic of believing you can obtain what you picture in your mind's eye. — Claude M. Bristol
No benefit comes from a just man's prayer if he who asks for it finds more pleasure in sin than in virtue. For Samuel mourned… — Maximus the Confessor
Based on mixtures of the three primary colours, along with black and white, I come up with a certain number of possible colours and, by… — Gerhard Richter
Babies are equipped at birth with a number of instinctive reflexes and behavior patterns that cause them to spend their first several years trying to… — Dave Barry
Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for the government, by… — Louis D. Brandeis
Children, in the present dark age of materialism, chanting the mantra is the easiest way for us to obtain inner purification and concentration. Japa can… — Mata Amritanandamayi
It is always advisable to obtain a mantra from a self-realized master. Until then we may use one of the mantras of our beloved deity… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Do not get up immediately at the end of the archana. The beloved deity should be brought from the seat in front of us back… — Mata Amritanandamayi

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