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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so,… — Mikhail Bakunin
The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all… — James A. Baldwin
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. — Konrad Adenauer
It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the… — Walter Benjamin
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. — Warren G. Bennis
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. — Georges Bernanos
Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people. — Theodor Adorno
I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics. — Tony Abbott
I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it… — Truman Capote
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one. — Thomas Carlyle
I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone. — John Cheever
In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all. — Eldridge Cleaver
Searching for what I need, and I don't even know precisely what that is, I was going from a man to a man, and I… — Ivo Andric
All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. the first step is to know exactly what… — W. Clement Stone
[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw off, it will… — Thomas Jefferson
What is like a smelly fart, that, although invisible is obvious? One's own faults, that are precisely As obvious as the effort made to hide… — 7th Dalai Lama
It's important to understand that an atheist is someone who believes the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything. Some fundamental atheists will deny this by… — Ray Comfort
According to the teaching of our Lord, what is wrong with the world is precisely that it does not believe in God. Yet it is… — John Baillie
Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Many other such substitutes for war will be discovered, but perhaps precisely thereby it will become more and more obvious that such a highly cultivated… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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