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Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but it is not… — Edwin Percy Whipple
When I showed â€˜Black and the Red IIIâ€™ in MalmÃ¶, Sweden, it was a continuum- a band- all around the galleryseeing this huge space in… — Nancy Spero
Hinduism ... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up… — Sri Aurobindo
The aggressive and quite illogical idea of a single religion for all mankind, a religion universal by the very force of its narrowness, one set… — Sri Aurobindo
The Second World War is the largest single event in human history, fought across six of the world's seven continents and all it oceans. It… — John Keegan
The entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement - from animal instinct toward rational thought, from inborn behavior toward acquired knowledge.… — Philipp Meyer
You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best. — Bobby Orr
I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't. — James Stockdale
Organizational health is the single greatest competitive advantage in any business. — Patrick Lencioni
Each species may have had its origin in a single pair, or individual, where an individual was sufficient, and species may have been created in… — Charles Lyell
Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing every single time. — Shannon Miller
Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer the short word… — Henry Watson Fowler
Well, I know that I'll never forget that, but also I won't forget the hundreds of people who sent me letters, telegrams, and postcards during… — Gil Hodges
As I said this year, I didn't try to put any pressure on me by setting high goals or anything, I just want to make… — Daniela Hantuchova
I was raised by a single mother and I've been in a 10-year relationship with my girlfriend. My whole life I've been surrounded by women. — Jon Hamm
Like every other destruction of optimism, whether in a whole civilisation or in a single individual, these must have been unspeakable catastrophes for those who… — David Deutsch
The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a reveling in humiliations… — Christopher Ricks
I was single-minded and I had tunnel vision. Now it's time for a change. — Evelyn Ashford
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole. — B.K.S. Iyengar
All it takes is a single moment. — Alison McGhee

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