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But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite. — Honore de Balzac
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. — Dave Barry
Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang… — Jeff Buckley
I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered… — Helena Bonham Carter
We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a… — Arthur C. Clarke
You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is… — Abraham Lincoln
The solitary ascent of the Dru had the immediate effect of expanding the horizons of my ideas about mountaineering. It made me aware of possibilities… — Walter Bonatti
Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining… — Judith Viorst
At no period of [Michael Faraday's] unmatched career was he interested in utility. He was absorbed in disentangling the riddles of the universe, at first… — Abraham Flexner
Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment either is restricted,… — John Peter Altgeld
War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optimism about intended results, and blindness… — Joseph Sobran
Neo-Darwinian language and conceptual structure itself ensures scientific failure: Major questions posed by zoologists cannot be answered from inside the neo-Darwinian straitjacket. Such questions include,… — Lynn Margulis
It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins. — Norm MacDonald
The present rate of progress [in X-ray crystallography] is determined, not so much by the lack of problems to investigate or the limited power of… — William Lawrence Bragg
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b)… — Don Kardong
Prayer and contemplation are both exercises in concentration. The normal deluge of conscious thought is restricted and the mind is brought to one conscious area… — Henepola Gunaratana
The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to… — John C. Maxwell
Rulers do not like to admit that their power is restricted by any laws other than those of physics and biology. They never ascribe their… — Ludwig von Mises
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible… — William James
My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes. — Rei Kawakubo

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