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959 Primary quotes by 761 unique authors

[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth. Slavery was an… — G. Edward Griffin
The further we advance in knowledge, the more simplicity shall we discover in those primary rules that regulate all the apparently endless, complicated, and multiform… — Charles Caleb Colton
Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation. — Samuel Johnson
What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue. — Ayn Rand
To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it. — Aristotle
Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable? — Brian Kernighan
Men, your primary responsibility in your home, after your wife, is you to disciple your own children. And if you don't do it, you're in… — Paul Washer
As the Nation's primary supporter of research in the physical sciences, the DOE Office of Science led the way in creating a unique system of… — Judy Biggert
Women's history is the primary tool for women's emancipation. — Gerda Lerner
The purpose of spiritual life is not to create some special state of mind. A state of mind is always temporary. The purpose is to… — Jack Kornfield
Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining… — Dogen
The primary cause of disease is in us, always in us. — Antoine Bechamp
Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history — Brian Tracy
The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition. — Alexander Calder
As long as quick numerical growth remains the primary indicator of church health, the truth will be compromised. Instead, churches must once again begin measuring… — Mark Dever
True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from the indifferent, and… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
It's about finding meaning through light. I'm always interested in tensions. A primary one is the collision between the familiar and the strange. — Gregory Crewdson
Local assemblies of the people constitute the strength of free nations. Municipal institutions are to liberty what primary schools are to science: they bring it… — Alexis de Tocqueville
My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure. — Kevin Mitnick
Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us for… — Elisabeth Elliot

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