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Spouses have each other, and even when one eventually dies, they have memories of a time when they existed before that other person and can… — John Corey Whaley
We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the… — Edgar Allan Poe
Experiments on split-brain patients reveal how readily the left brain interpreter can make up stories and beliefs. In one experiment, for example, when the word… — Michael Gazzaniga
...buying a fly rod in the average city store, that is, joining it up and safely waggling it a bit, is much like seeing a… — John D. Voelker
This is the kernel of the problem, as we see it: the Jews comprise a distinctive element among the nations under which they dwell, and… — Leon Pinsker
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop. — Tacitus
Laissez Faire, laissez passer. Let it be, let it pass. The phrase is not readily translatable. It was widely used by the Physiocrats in urging… — Francois Quesnay
One of the most difficult problems of our age is that leaders, and perhaps academics as well, cannot readily admit that things are out of… — Donald Michael Kraig
Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down." Most human societies have been beautifully organized to… — John W. Gardner
Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be. — Bertrand Russell
It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it… — Emile Durkheim
He who denies himself much in great matters will readily indulge himself in small things. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before… — Samuel Johnson
Their violence (the jungle wars of the '70s), and all violence for that matter, reflects the neutral exploration of sensation that is taking place, within… — J. G. Ballard
You've got to realize that in any competition there is always a winner and loser. When it turns out that you're the loser on a… — Nolan Ryan
In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain… — Edgar Allan Poe
Most of the scientific community believes that for the full potential of embryonic stem cell research to be reached, the number of cell lines readily… — Ron Kind
The mechanical philosophy was ever blind to this fact. Intelligent design, on the other hand, readily embraces the sacramental nature of physical reality. Indeed, intelligent… — William A. Dembski
I read with keen interest the words of a bumper sticker readily visible on the highly polished chrome bumper of a car which was weaving… — Thomas S. Monson

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