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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet. — Omar Bongo
There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo… — Jock Sturges
I want to be black, to know black, to luxuriate in whatever I might be calling blackness at any particular time, but to do so… — Henry Louis Gates
I think most memoirs, though they purport to be about this particular time or this person you met, are really about the effect that person… — Rosemary Mahoney
Music, and art for that matter, to me is not about true meaning to anyone else but yourself. If I told you the meaning of… — John O'Callaghan
To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice. — Tom G. Palmer
Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life. — Questlove
There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose? — Garry Wills
However, there's three reasons for doing things in this particular world. One is love, one is prestige and the other's money. If you get all… — Richard O'Brien
The current business model for language education is the student pays — in particular, the student pays Rosetta Stone $500. The problem with this business… — Luis von Ahn
The hope you feel when you are in love is not necessarily for anything in particular. Love brings something inside you to life. Perhaps it… — Susan Griffin
Literature and the arts are also criticism in a more particular and practical sense. They embody an expository reflection on, a value judgement of, the… — George Steiner
A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts… — Lord Acton
Who are you?”, my answer would be: “Nothing in particular. Yet, I am. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The… — Timothy Keller
Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking. — Terry Eagleton
A particular place in the land is never, for an oral culture, just a passive or inert setting for the human events that occur there.… — David Abram
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's… — Diane Setterfield
Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under… — Cody Lundin
Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to… — Ajahn Chah
But if I have once overcome my heart, and am contented through the grace of God in my heart, then this makes me content not… — Jeremiah Burroughs
We consider the beauty of nature and art with pleasure and satisfaction, without the slightest movement of desire. Instead, it appears to be a particular… — Moses Mendelssohn
A small group is powerful in matters relating to a particular industry, because then it is normally the only organized force, but it is less… — Mancur Olson
No one but Gene Tierney could have played 'Laura.' There was no other actress around with her particular combination of beauty, breeding, and mystery. — Vincent Price
When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy. — Timothy McVeigh

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