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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. — Daniel Defoe
Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic… — Beth Ditto
In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which… — Alan Dundes
He who placed me in this seat will keep me here. — Elizabeth I
You don't have to travel, but I find extended travel to be a helpful tool for reexamining yourself and the constraints you've artificially placed on… — Tim Ferriss
If you were a medieval scholar reading a book, you knew that there was a reasonable likelihood you'd never see that particular text again, and… — Joshua Foer
There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the… — Tom Hanks
We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle,… — Patrick Henry
Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. — Napoleon Hill
If I go to a party I don't feel like I have to be in the centre. But I do find myself quite often being… — Hugh Jackman
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good… — Thomas Jefferson
If you have value as an artist it's probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are… — Tony Kushner
I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house… — Aung San Suu Kyi
I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition. — Annie Lennox
Most of the women placed in the fire department here in New York never passed the physical test. And a fat guy or a short… — Denis Leary
Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving… — Alphonsus Liguori
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in… — Abraham Lincoln
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still… — Martin Luther
It is done... the precious portrait placed in the hands of the gentlemen for safe keeping. — Dolley Madison
At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past. — Maurice Maeterlinck

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