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We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention… — Saint Basil
Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the subject, one could… — Benjamin Franklin
People have one year after the wedding to send a gift. Thank-you notes must be written immediately. If you don't receive an acknowledgment within three… — Ann Landers
The biggest gift I received as a martial artist is without a question the capacity to be in peace. — Rickson Gracie
My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable. — Alain Resnais
Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's performances so troubled… — David Mamet
Crist noted that his office has received multiple fraud complaints in which potential buyers said they lost thousands of dollars. I don't know if we've… — Charlie Crist
If we have received a precious gift from God, it is our imagination. When we tap into our powers of imagination, we are bombs of… — Hiroko Sakai
The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under its guidance and… — John Calvin
People who have known the joy of God point each other to flashes of light here and there, and remind each other that they reveal… — Henri Nouwen
Hitler appeared, a man with limited intellectual abilities and unfit for any useful work, bursting with envy and bitterness against all whom circumstance and nature… — Albert Einstein
I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that… — William Thompson
Nothing shall warp me from the belief that every man is a lover of truth. There is no pure lie, no pure malignity in nature.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I received a card the other day from Steve Early which said, "Don't Worry Me--I am an 8 Ulcer Man on 4 Ulcer Pay. — Harry S. Truman
Remembering is a noble and necessary act. The call of memory, the call to memory, reaches us from the very dawn of history. No commandment… — Elie Wiesel
I turn to someone, I'm not sure, to God I think, but I never ask for anything. I would never pray to win a title;… — Mario Balotelli
Fashion is the great governor of this world; it presides, not only in matters of dress and amusement, but in law, physic, politics, religion, and… — Henry Fielding
I was not intrigued with the accouterments of success and fame, the furs, jewels, expensive automobiles and mansions... I can assure you that these things… — Sophia Loren
A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. — Edward Gibbon

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