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Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts. — Luc de Clapiers
Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all. — Woody Allen
When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices... people are struggling with those… — Hillary Clinton
I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would… — Brian Clough
For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity… — B R Ambedkar
In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and… — Kofi Annan
If we don't rededicate ourselves to education with the same attitude Americans have applied to going to the moon and fighting wars, the results will… — Meg Whitman
The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would… — Nikola Tesla
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no… — Chogyam Trungpa
War is a barbaric tool of the war profiteers and Empires who employ them. War pits young people from the working class against other similarly… — Cindy Sheehan
God has special confidences for each soul. Indeed, it would seem as though the deepest truths came only in moments of profound devotional silence and… — Charles Brent
How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the night-light. I… — Dorothy Parker
Hippy is an establishment label for a profound, invisible, underground, evolutionary process. For every visible hippy, barefoot, beflowered, beaded, there are a thousand invisible members… — Timothy Leary
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a… — Edwin S. Shneidman
Mediation and reconciliation work is about a profound quest for justice and social transformation. But at the same time, they are about service, solidarity, about… — Hizkias Assefa
... we believe in the vocation of communion and participation of our people, who day to day awaken to their political conscience and express their… — Adolfo Perez Esquivel
We reflect on what has been lost and comfort those enduring a profound grief. And somehow we know that a brighter morning will come. — George W. Bush
Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of a student. — Paulo Freire
A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being. — Juhani Pallasmaa
In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this way sin continues… — Herman Bavinck
We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We… — Douglas MacArthur
Working in the garden gives me something beyond the enjoyment of the senses. It gives me a profound feeling of inner peace. — Ruth Stout
We stand by as children starve by the millions because we lack the will to end hunger. But we have found the will to develop… — Mark Hatfield
There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the possibility that Earth… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical… — Freeman Dyson

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