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11619 States quotes by 5153 unique authors

There is a gap between the knowledge, skills, or state of mind of the learner and what he is to learn, which it seems to… — Paul Q. Hirst
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged… — Benjamin Franklin
Everything is in a state of flux, and this includes the world of Chess — Mikhail Botvinnik
Bobby Fischer's current state of mind is indeed a tragedy. One of the worlds greatest Chess players - the pride and sorrow of American Chess — Frank Brady
Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is… — Henri Frederic Amiel
...the proposed air force and army experiments were designed so that many animals would suffer and die without any certainty that this suffering and death… — Peter Singer
...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in… — Seneca the Younger
We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but… — Thomas Jefferson
A symptom of the revolution: When we state something is impossible in theory, but then change our minds when we discover that it is possible… — Seth Godin
Now, since everything else is furnished with the exact amount of needle and thread required to maintain its being, it is in truth incredible that… — Michel de Montaigne
For a time Jack was angry; but when he had been without the jacket for a short while he began to realize that being half-clothed… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
I wake up: I am mental, I got to bed and I am mental, I am mental within my dreams, I am mental within my… — Joey Jordison
This is an issue just like 9-11... We didn't decide we wanted to fight the war on terrorism because we wanted to. It was brought… — Rick Santorum
We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are -… — Barack Obama
Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect,… — Mahatma Gandhi
It's so simple: Right to marriage is a civil right, which like all civil rights should not depend on what state you happen to live… — Annie Laurie Gaylor
It isn't that some gay will get some rights. It's that everyone else in our state will lose rights. For instance, parents will lose the… — Michele Bachmann
Our children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and that perhaps they should try it, and that'll be very soon… — Michele Bachmann
We are wide open and vulnerable and in all likelihood an activist judge will strike down our Defense of Marriage Act, our state law against… — Michele Bachmann
All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we… — Kurt Vonnegut
It is each American's constitutional right to marry the person they love, no matter what state they inhabit. No state should decide who can marry… — Brad Pitt
I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international law, only the… — Vladimir Putin
I assure you that I work with these people. I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in various fields. We… — Vladimir Putin
I appreciate the decision made by Gov. Brewer to veto this legislation. I hope that we can now move on from this controversy and assure… — John McCain
Can the state, which represents the whole of society and has the duty of protecting society, fulfill that duty by lowering itself to the level… — Kofi Annan

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