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I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that. — Halle Berry
If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than… — Mortimer Adler
I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night. — Halle Berry
I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it. — Diane Abbott
The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will… — Wendell Berry
The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it… — Wendell Berry
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. — Wendell Berry
The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979. — Wendell Berry
Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end. — Annie Besant
There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It… — Mortimer Adler
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of… — Annie Besant
We have no right to pick out all that is noblest and fairest in man, to project these qualities into space, and to call them… — Annie Besant
Beauty is no dead thing. It is the manifestation of God in nature. There is not one object in nature untouched by man that is… — Annie Besant
Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving for training grounds for developing… — Annie Besant
Every form, not being the whole, must, of necessity, be imperfect; less than the whole, it cannot be identical with the whole, and being less… — Annie Besant
If we believe in a God at all, we must surely ascribe to him perfection of wisdom and perfection of goodness; we are then forced… — Annie Besant
No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do… — Annie Besant
Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist, the only difference between a… — Annie Besant
Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of Earth the only forms in… — Annie Besant
I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep. — George Best
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which… — Bruno Bettelheim
Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel… — Bruno Bettelheim
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the… — Aneurin Bevan
It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science. — Steven Adler
I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent… — Jeff Bezos

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