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Whatever it was that I felt was the weak link in my previous project gave me inspiration for the next one. — Joni Mitchell
If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the tradition of two… — Avery Dulles
Life often feels like a great pile of obligations, frustrations, and disappointments. But the Lord is there, always the same, His arms still outstretched. When… — Kathleen H. Hughes
Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a… — Jim Costa
In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues I am called… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I will frankly confess that after passing a few weeks in the valley of the Marquesas, I formed a higher estimate of human nature than… — Herman Melville
Ever since I first visited New Orleans back in '89, I've been intrigued by the French Quarter. I always wanted to set something in the… — Robert Asprin
When we enter a new situation in life and are confronted by a new person, we bring with us the prejudices of the past and… — Karl Popper
The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to… — Don Kardong
At each stage...entirely new laws, concepts and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. — Poul Anderson
What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear that the voting… — Thomas Sowell
The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of you, in the Buddhist view,… — Robert Thurman
We are the makers of our own lives. There is no such thing as fate. Our lives are the result of our previous actions, our… — Swami Vivekananda
The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000, — Robert Kenner
In her excellent, entirely readable Richard Wright, Hazel Rowley accomplishes what [previous biographer] Michel Fabre would have liked to do with once-guarded letters, aging witnesses,… — Darryl Pinckney
The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent… — John Tyler
The mistake made by all previous systems of ethics has been the failure to recognize that life as such is the mysterious value with which… — Albert Schweitzer
Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any other previous President. — William J. Clinton
I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the Jews. Whoops! Sorry… — Alan Dershowitz
This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization. — Joseph Rotblat

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