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Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown,… — George Crabbe
The meditator develops new depths of insight through direct communication with the reality of the phenomenal world... He or she is able to see not… — Chogyam Trungpa
Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for which is precisely where you… — Peter McWilliams
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A… — Ludwig von Mises
The problems of inventing a new language are staggering. But what else can one do if one needs to express one's feeling precisely? — Robert Motherwell
It is precisely the way which is productive - this is the essential thing; becoming is more important than being... — Paul Klee
I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day- to- day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying.… — Alain de Botton
It is no coincidence that the Western attraction to sublime landscapes developed at precisely the moment when traditional beliefs in God began to wane. — Alain de Botton
When you get into politics, you find that all your worst nightmares about it turn out to be true, and the people who are attracted… — Ken Livingstone
Revolution does have to be violent precisely because the Pharaoh won't let you go. If the Pharaoh would let you go, the revolution won't have… — Michael Hardt
The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection. — Lactantius
Realism' has been abandoned in the search for reality: the 'principal objective' of abstract art is precisely this reality. — Ben Nicholson
When you want to organize knowledge. you will be careful to base the classification upon essential qualities. You will thus derive classes in which the… — Barrows Dunham
The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time… — Robert Genn
I don't suppose you do know precisely what you are after. I don't think in the creative process anyone quite knows. They have a vague… — Lawren Harris
I took one Draught of Life - I'll tell you what I paid - Precisely an existence - The market price, they said. — Emily Dickinson
To experience the satisfaction and enjoyment of success in life, a definitive goal is essential. Many people fail at this vital point. The goal must… — Norman Vincent Peale
Travel is never a matter of money but of courage. I spent a large part of my youth traveling the world as a hippie. And… — Paulo Coelho
K, n. A consonant; originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of [one of two lofty… — Ambrose Bierce
Iran has made vile comments, anti-Semitic comments, comments about the destruction of Israel. It is precisely for that reason that even before I became president,… — Barack Obama

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