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I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which… — Bernard Moitessier
Man is a megalomaniac among animals-if he sees mountains he will try to imitate them by pyramids, and if he sees some grand process like… — Jacques Loeb
The great age of the earth will appear greater to man when he understands the origin of living organisms and the reasons for the gradual… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
When I'm feeling sad, or lonely, and I don't know what I'm doing and I don't know where I'm going, I imagine the Cool Awesome… — Jenna Marbles
Given for one instant an intelligence which could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated and the respective positions of the beings which… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own… — John Playfair
Some think that even the ancients who lived long before the present generation, and first framed accounts of the Gods, had a similar view of… — Mary Hunter Austin
I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take… — Maya Angelou
To receive a present handsomely and in a right spirit, even when you have none to give in return, is to give one in return. — Leigh Hunt
Remembering the past gives power to the present. — Fae Myenne Ng
The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of ink and paper… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
My family was always present when I needed them and sometimes felt even stronger emotions than me. — Lionel Messi
Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this illusion defines the purpose and… — Lewis H. Lapham
Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre… — George A. Sheehan
There are two levels to your pain: the pain that you create now, and the pain from the past that still lives on in your… — Eckhart Tolle
We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for… — Sam Houston
Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a laugh. Nothing is… — Horace
Opportunity shies away from need, but opportunity is attracted by talent and ability. What you don't want to happen is opportunity to turn cool on… — Jim Rohn
The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more… — Alan Watts
There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love,… — Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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