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48 quotes by 45 authors

We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth. — Dave Barry
The policy of letting the child 'do what he likes' is an insidious one, since the children are encouraged to continue always at their original… — Murray Rothbard
The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and India. The costs… — Paul Brown
When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right… — Alexander Hamilton
The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but â€˜[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To this… — Sandra Day O'Connor
For the elements have the property of moving back to their place in a straight line, but they have no properties which would cause them… — Maimonides
All our lives we are engaged in preserving our experiences and keeping them fresh by artificially sprinkling the water of memory over them. They have… — Vimala Thakar
I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder in life. The… — Leo Lionni
The healing power of medical drugs is the Ur-power of their original essence in conjunction with the power of Ur-vibrations of the human-Divine combination that… — Rudolf John Gorsleben
They [Greenpeace] forgot their original purpose and turned into a big, rich bureaucracy, more interested in fund-raising than in saving lives, so I got fed… — Paul Watson
By gathering seed from trees which are close to our homes and close to our hearts, helping them to germinate and grow, and then planting… — Chris Baines
In most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether slavery can ever… — Samuel Johnson
The best work comes from people who are motivated by crisis. When something stops their original idea, they respond by coming up with something even… — Pharrell Williams
In order to increase his pleasures, man has intentionally added to the number and pressure of his needs, which in their original state were not… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly… — Francis Parkman
Memory exercised in a particular way is a natural gift of poetic genius. The poet above all else, is a person who never forgets certain… — Stephen Spender
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original… — Zhuangzi
Many of the women who benefited from thyroid therapy provided added evidence that it was the thyroid which was responsible. There were the women who,… — Broda Otto Barnes
We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innocence, to find our way out of the… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all. — Blaise Pascal

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