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He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink. — John Ray
Yet technique matters, even so. God uses it, for a buffalo is not a leopard. — James Dickey
If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment… — Margaret Bourke-White
I thought as I rode in the cold pleasant light of Sunday morning how silent & passive nature offers, every morn, her wealth to man;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it. — Nelson Mandela
Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own. Nobody uses somebody else's resources as carefully as he uses his own. So… — Milton Friedman
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep. — Zhuangzi
Christ used the flesh and blood of Mary for his life on earth, the Word of love was uttered in her heartbeat. Christ used his… — Caryll Houselander
There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material… — C.S. Lewis
Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels. — Luigi Pirandello
The American lawn uses more resources than any other agricultural industry in the world. It uses more phosphates than India and puts on more poisons… — Bill Mollison
Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes. — Laozi
The consumer, so it is said, is the king each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that… — Paul Samuelson
Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks he can talk about language. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony. — William Shakespeare
Flying has torn apart the relationship of space and time: it uses our old clock but with new yardsticks. — Charles Lindbergh
Unionism, seldom if ever, uses such powers as it has to ensure better work; almost always it devotes a large part of that power to… — H. L. Mencken
The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would… — Diane Wood
Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic,… — Joan Didion
Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe. — Kurt Vonnegut

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