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When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see… — Unknown Author
That sense â€“ the only true patriotism â€“ comes slowly and springs from the heart: it is founded upon respect for the family and love… — Unknown Author
We don't all dig Shakespeare uniformly, or even 'Little Red Riding Hood.' The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity… — Ralph Ellison
No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of mind and heart… — John F. Kennedy
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy… — John F. Kennedy
We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it....I… — George McGovern
It is difficult to estimate the misery inflicted upon thousands of persons, and the absolute pecuniary penalty imposed upon multitudes of intellectual workers by the… — Charles Babbage
I am sincerely trying now to create a dance technique based entirely upon corrective exercises, created with a knowledge of human anatomy; a technique which… — Unknown Author
Citizen service is a repudiation of the principles upon which our country was based. We are all here for ourselves. — Rush Limbaugh
Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed,… — Bridget Riley
Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He… — Willem de Kooning
The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it. — Leonardo da Vinci
Those who are enamoured of practice without science are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass and never has any… — Leonardo da Vinci
The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family. — Morrie Schwartz
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
In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues I am called… — Sandra Day O'Connor
And, as for me, if, by any possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me; if I shall ever deserve any real… — Herman Melville
Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)â€”Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already… — Walt Whitman
It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the… — Clifford D. Simak
The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To… — Roger Zelazny

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