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[From uranium] there are present at least two distinct types of radiation one that is very readily absorbed, which will be termed for convenience the… — Ernest Rutherford
Such prosperity as we have known it up to the present is the consequence of rapidly spending the planet's irreplaceable capital. — Aldous Huxley
A united humanity will be able to confront the many troubling problems of the present time: from the menace of terrorism to the humiliating poverty… — Pope Benedict XVI
The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.' — Alfred Korzybski
From my childhood it has been my conviction that men would reach the planets in my lifetime . . . this conviction . . .… — Freeman Dyson
The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere… — Henry David Thoreau
The question is whether you can bear freedom. At present the vast majority of men, whether white or black, require the discipline of labor which… — Henry David Thoreau
No mortal is alert enough to be present at the first dawn of spring. — Henry David Thoreau
One year I was given a birthday present I'll never forget - a cooking lesson from Jamie Oliver. — Gwyneth Paltrow
The cultural integration of psychedelics won't happen overnight, and the question of young people is perhaps the most difficult involved. The first step is for… — Rick Doblin
We are born into a world where alienation awaits us. We are potentially men, but are in an alienated state, and this state is not… — R. D. Laing
Nothing is real except the present, and already, I feel the weight of centuries smothering me. Some girl a hundred years ago once lived as… — Sylvia Plath
I know as a child, I was really interested in becoming a manga artist, to create my own stories and illustrate them and present something… — Shigeru Miyamoto
Become intensely conscious of the present moment. — Eckhart Tolle
As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example. — Germany Kent
And certainly when I reached La Chorerra in 1971 I had a price on my head by the FBI, I was running out of money,… — Terence McKenna
Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly [...] All the earlier proposals… — Valery Giscard d'Estaing
What I have learned from the teachers with whom I have worked is that, just as there is no simple solution to the arms race,… — Eleanor Duckworth
Ghostly legends dot the Prairie State from its big cities to its small towns. These stories make each community unique in a way that no… — Jeff Belanger
The future is a concept, it doesn't exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be, because time is always now. That's… — Alan Watts
If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety among… — James Hutton
In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to… — Victor Davis Hanson
Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month. — Mike Dirnt
Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand,… — Tracy Chapman
The Golden Age was never the present age. — Benjamin Franklin

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