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Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Christ's public life extended only over eighteen months, and for this he had silently been preparing himself for thirty - two years. — Swami Vivekananda
There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public. There are worse things than these miniature betrayals, committed or endured or suspected; there are… — Fleur Adcock
The important thing is to bring people with Parkinson's into our world and for the public to have a real understanding of it, as they've… — Helen Mirren
What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it. — Noam Chomsky
It is not that the Englishman can't feel-it is that he is afraid to feel. He has been taught at his public school that feeling… — E. M. Forster
More non-fringe, non-radical homosexuals emerge into public view every day. As the stereotype of the homosexual as antisocial deviant crumbles, a (political) party or faction… — Jonathan Rauch
Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools? — B.F. Skinner
Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16 years old, we… — John Lewis
When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects… — John D. Rockefeller
To avoid the necessity of a permanent debt and its inevitable consequences, I have advocated and endeavored to carry into effect the policy of confining… — Martin Van Buren
the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his… — Thomas Jefferson
A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so… — Thomas Jefferson
Asking the public health community to investigate the role of vaccines in the development of autism is like asking the tobacco industry to investigate the… — Rick Rollens
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I… — Isaac Asimov
Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have… — Desiderius Erasmus
The way the public sees it is this. If we don't leave, we are idiots. If we do leave but don't succeed in our mission,… — Bertrand Piccard
There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just look around you in any… — Hunter S. Thompson
The Golf Hall of Fame is full of players with unusual looking swings. Some of the prettiest swings you've ever seen in your life are… — Peter Jacobsen
From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on… — Marcus Aurelius
The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result of such a… — John Ralston Saul
I have a good sense of my body in a bathing suit around people who appreciate what I'm doing, like a contest. Then I'm proud.… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Members of Congress are incredibly blessed and fortune to have the jobs that we have. Nobody makes us run. Every two years we offer for… — Trey Gowdy
The events of human life, whether public or private, are so intimately linked to architecture that most observers can reconstruct nations or individuals in all… — Honore de Balzac

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