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It took a qualified wizard to detect a summoning in progress. It required only a half-literate idiot with a twitch of power and a dim… — Ilona Andrews
The great majority of us are required to live a constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected by it if, day after… — Boris Pasternak
It took teams of LEP warlocks to slow down time for a few hours; the magic required to open a door to the tunnel was… — Eoin Colfer
He owned an expensive camera that required thought before you pressed the shutter, and I quickly became his favorite subject, round-faced, missing teeth, my thick… — Jhumpa Lahiri
The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge. — Ann-Marie MacDonald
Great God! What have I turned into? What right have you people to clutter up my life, steal my time, probe my soul, suckle my… — Henry Miller
I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt… — Mahatma Gandhi
An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into… — Edith Wharton
â€¦being an atheist required discipline very like that of being Catholic. One could never yield to the idea of a supernatural authority, no matter how… — Anne Rice
When you are committed to doing whatâ€™s right, you are sowing seeds for Godâ€™s blessings. You will never go wrong by taking the high road… — Joel Osteen
You're going to find this hard to believe, but cops aren't required to carry emergency condoms." Joe Morelli — Janet Evanovich
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own… — Sydney J. Harris
It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure… — Voltaire
Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us… — Mortimer Adler
Speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man. As opposed to a motorcyclist, the runner is always present in his… — Milan Kundera
We all want to be stars. The idea of being revered and envied must be encoded somewhere deep in our DNA. So must the desire… — Tonya Hurley
Maybe getting around in life was nothing but map-reading. A skill that required practice. A key to unlock where you wanted to go. A legend… — Justina Chen
But complex animals had obtained their adaptive flexibility at some cost--they had traded one dependency for another. It was no longer necessary to change their… — Michael Crichton
Sometimes you meet yourself on the road before you have a chance to learn the appropriate greeting. Faced with your own possibilities, the hard part… — Pearl Cleage
Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear… — Charlotte Bronte

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