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The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality. — Robert Schumann
At that time two opposing concepts of the Game called forth commentary and discussion. The foremost players distinguished two principal types of Game, the formal… — Hermann Hesse
In my day, the principal concerns of university students were sex, smoking dope, rioting and learning. Learning was something you did only when the first… — Bill Bryson
We agreed with him in principal - we were little scientists, born and bred. But children robbed of love will dwell on magic. — Barbara Kingsolver
I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to achieve a solution as soon as possible… — Alberto Fujimori
My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor. Both were educators. — Edwin Moses
The fine arts are five in number, namely: painting, sculpture, poetry, music, and architecture, the principal branch of the latter being pastry. — Marie-Antoine Careme
We have a dangerous trend beginning to take place in our education. We're starting to put more and more textbooks into our schools. We've become… — Fisher Ames
I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't. — Jonathan Dimbleby
True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures—unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement.… — John W. Davis
We believe that when we choose anything, judge a stranger and even fall in love, we understand the principal factors that influenced us. Very often… — Leonard Mlodinow
It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the… — Dalai Lama
What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act -… — Joseph Campbell
If you want to kill something, neglect it. It happens in both good and bad. Neglect a relationship, it dies. Neglect your iman, it dies.… — Yasmin Mogahed
A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized. — Noam Chomsky
The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft. — Gustave Flaubert
In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were given to the planets as being the names… — William Herschel
[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary… — Alexander Hamilton
Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as it matured, a… — Donald Worster
A priest friend of mine has cautioned me away from the standard God of our childhoods, who loves you and guides you and then, if… — Anne Lamott
At certain times in the revolutionary struggle, the difficulties outweigh the favorable conditions and so constitute the principal aspect of the contradiction and the favorable… — Mao Zedong
Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy. — Dalai Lama
This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to… — William Strunk, Jr.
Everything we know has its origins in questions. Questions, we might say, are the principal intellectual instruments available to human beings. — Neil Postman
Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had… — Arthur Conan Doyle

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