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Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty… — John Millington Synge
We can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called… — Charles R. Swindoll
There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise… — Daniel Tammet
Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high… — Henry David Thoreau
Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers. — Howard Thurman
I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse. — Anthony Trollope
Private enterprise can never lead a space frontier. It's not possible because a space frontier is expensive, it has unknown risks and it has unquantified… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of truth. — Giambattista Vico
What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of… — Voltaire
I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly,… — Emma Watson
Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And… — Daria Werbowy
When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate… — E. O. Wilson
The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting… — William Wordsworth
As great as it is, 'Vogue' won't change a designer's business. But if an unknown brand is worn by a certain person in a tabloid,… — Rachel Zoe
There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering. — Helen Fisher
I went to SXSW in 2011. God, that was awful. I mean, I only went because my publisher wanted me to promote the book and… — Evgeny Morozov
There's always fear of the unknown where there's mystery — David Lynch
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing. — Georgia O'Keeffe
So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to… — Arthur Conan Doyle

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