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...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of nature. This balance,… — George F. Kennan
Such a system would be very, very expensive and laborious to have, given the kinds of border we have. Scientists and engineers aren't even sure… — Janet Napolitano
No. 1, it [amnesty for illegal aliens] demoralizes the people that are going through the legal process. It's a very clear signal that why go… — Marco Rubio
There are going to be stories of very young kids that were brought to this country at a very young age who don't even speak… — Marco Rubio
If gardeners will forget a little the phrase, "watering the plants" and think of watering as a matter of "watering the earth" under the plants,… — Henry Beston
I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of a small house… — Abraham Cowley
I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them. — Nancy Reagan
Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind of energy toward yourself- if… — Nhat Hanh
In this model, the sun is a very tiny speck of dust indeed-a speck less than a three-thousandth of an inch in diameter ... Think… — James Jeans
Motherhood is the one thing in all the world which most truly exemplifies the God-given virtues of creating and sacrificing. Though it carries the woman… — David O. McKay
There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.… — Walt Kelly
It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped — Benjamin Franklin
Humanity is at the very beginning of its existence-a new-born babe, with all the unexplored potentialities of babyhood; and until the last few moments its… — James Jeans
The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition… — Alexander Hamilton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton
We have to be very careful not to blame the patients. A lot of the conversation [around patient engagement] has been, how do we get… — Unknown Author
His [Ben Okri's] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them: To what extent will we allow the indefinable dynamics of something… — Aberjhani
We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably - that the best… — Walter Lippmann
The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the veil… — Benjamin Peirce
The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would… — Nikola Tesla
We call the one side [of humanity] religion, and we call the other science. Religion is always right. ... Science is always wrong; it is… — George Bernard Shaw
Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to. — Scott Weiland
When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult. — Freddie Hubbard
To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me. — Michel Legrand
Every right has its responsibilities. Like the right itself, these responsibilities stem from no man-made law, but from the very nature of man and society.… — Unknown Author

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