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A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction. — A. R. Ammons
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent,… — Louis Aragon
He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of… — Laozi
You cannot stop. If there is a concrete wall in front of you, you have to go through it. You can never, ever give up… — Donald Trump
You must come to terms with the reality that nothing outside ourselves, be it people or things is actually responsible for our happiness. — Mary Edwards Walker
The doctrine of evolution implies the passage from the most organised to the least organised, or, in other terms, from the most general to the… — John Hughlings Jackson
Every time we sign a treaty with another country, the treaty (should) include prisoner transfer provisions.... Under these provisions, the country in which the crimes… — Kathleen Brown
I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage and have barely… — Maria Echaveste
Your automatic creative mechanism is teleological. That is, it operates in terms of goals and end results. Once you give it a definite goal to… — Maxwell Maltz
The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that… — Tom Coburn
The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and it's been focused on prosecution. But what we need in… — John Ashcroft
Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're talking about three… — Stephen Covey
That expression "positive neutrality" is a contradiction in terms. There can be no more positive neutrality than there can be a vegetarian tiger. — V. K. Krishna Menon
In volume terms, the Tasmanian wine industry is as tiny as its potential is large. — James Halliday
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. — Andrew Jackson
I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine in their hearts, these are… — Mark Twain
One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all. — Sun Tzu
When the enemy's envoy's speak in humble terms, but continues his preparations, he will advance. When their language is deceptive but the enemy pretentiously advances,… — Sun Tzu
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. Man's capacity for decent… — J. William Fulbright
Do not engage an enemy more powerful than you. And if it is unavoidable and you do have to engage, then make sure you engage… — Sun Tzu

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