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The field of vision is comparable, for me, to the terrain of an archaeological dig. To see is to be on guard, to wait for… — Paul Virilio
We are not known by our bank balances or who our parents are. It is ultimately we who have to prove ourselves. It is not… — Anita Ratnam
The great age of the earth will appear greater to man when he understands the origin of living organisms and the reasons for the gradual… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any… — James Madison
It is so inspiring to see a new group coming together not to focus on a particular war or weapons system, but on all war-everywhere.… — Medea Benjamin
It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that… — Thomas Paine
Let us recognize this one thing: burden is the secret of prayer. If a person does not feel within him burden to pray for a… — Watchman Nee
It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop… — Bill Cosby
I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it. And to do whatever I can to help. And… — Prince Charles
The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. — Samuel Johnson
On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and flags. Gongs and… — Sun Tzu
Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they are specialized, are just as ordinary, pig-headed, and unreasonable as everybody else, and their… — Hans Eysenck
One of the things which make any company successful, in particular the Home Depot, was that we understood and catered to the customer. If it… — Bernard Marcus
The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of vision,… — William James
The only way to be a champion is by going through these forced reps and the torture and pain. That's way I call it the… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the… — Bobby Knight
Do you know that the words meditation and medicine come from the same root? Meditation is a kind of medicine; its use is only for… — Rajneesh
New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug… — Mark Twain
Conscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating within us. — Sigmund Freud

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