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On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of… — Thomas Jefferson
I believe this. When we meet those we fall in love with, there is an aspect of our spirit that is historian, a bit of… — Michael Ondaatje
So time doesn't count, and place does?' I said this to tease her. When I was a man, I liked teasing her and she went… — John Berger
As the surface of the seashore rocks were pitted by by the waves and gathered limpets that further disguised what lay beneath, so time made… — William Trevor
There was no God in his heart, he knew; his ideas were still in riot; there was ever the pain of memory; the regret for… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege dose not change… — Spencer W. Kimball
All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness; and though he had seen many spectres in… — Washington Irving
And we passed through the cavern of rats. And we passed through the path of boiling steam. And we passed through the country of the… — Harlan Ellison
Other men puffed, snorted, and splashed. George passed through the ocean with the silent dignity of a torpedo. Other men swallowed water, here a mouthful,… — P.G. Wodehouse
The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions. — George Carlin
We were going to the long field which today looked like an ocean, although I had never seen an ocean; the grass was moving in… — Shirley Jackson
When we passed a Catholic church, I recalled, he said, "You think your dad's a good chemist? They're turning soda crackers into meat in there.… — Kurt Vonnegut
Life was a swarm of accidents waiting in the treetops, descending upon any living thing that passed, ready to eat them alive. You swam in… — David Wroblewski
We are sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, and realize that there have been times when our friends' thoughts of us were of… — Henry David Thoreau
I suppose that it was inevitable that my word-base broadened. I could now for the first time pick up a book and read and now… — Alex Haley
What incensed him the most was the blatant jokes of the ones that passed it all off as a jest, pretending to understand everything and… — James Joyce
For a long time I believed the opposite of passion was death. I was wrong. Passion and death are implicit, one in the other. Past… — Marya Hornbacher
With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by this wintry wind… — George Santayana
The rest of the journey passed uneventfully, if you consider it uneventful to ride fifteen miles on horseback through rough country at night, frequently without… — Diana Gabaldon
If the story had been about anyone else, it would been dismissed as laaf, that Afghan tendency to exaggerate ---sadly, almost a national affliction; if… — Khaled Hosseini

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