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Jane Austen: Getting into her books is like getting in bed with a cadaver. Something vital is lacking; namely, life. — Edward Abbey
An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people. — Thomas Jefferson
I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall… — Benjamin Franklin
Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to… — Alexander Hamilton
It is vital to remember that information - in the sense of raw data - is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that… — Arthur C. Clarke
Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege… — Jacques Barzun
An arc of crisis stretches along the shores of the Indian Ocean, with fragile social and political structures in a region of vital importance to… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Le Chiffre was serving a wonderful purpose, a really vital purpose, perhaps the best and highest purpose of all. By his evil existence, which I… — Ian Fleming
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities,… — Stephen Covey
As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings… — Zaha Hadid
Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to absolute laws, valid from age to age; since it is related to the more general aim of… — Andrei Tarkovsky
That our popular art forms have become so obsessed with sex has turned the U.S.A into a nation of hobbledehoys; as if grown people don't… — Anita Loos
To insure the continuity of philanthropy, we must instill in kids the values and attitudes that will enable them to see charity as a vital… — Unknown Author
It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as… — Teri Hatcher
I am dedicated to ensuring reproductive health and freedom for all. Please join me in supporting Planned Parenthood's vital work to protect access to reproductive… — Kathleen Turner
We will only advance in our evangelistic work as fast and as far as we advance on our knees. Prayer opens the channel between a… — Alan Redpath
I have got so low that I have asked to be hospitalized and for deep narcosis (sleep). I cannot stand being awake. The pain is… — Spike Milligan
Discipline is ... life-inhibiting, is at the very least curtailment of vital activity insofar as the latter cannot develop as it wishes but is confined… — Alice Miller
It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything.… — Edith Hamilton
The reason women are always reluctant to reveal their age is because other people label them as 'past it'. In the 21st century, women over… — Ita Buttrose
We consider it vital that the community of nations be drawn together in an orderly, disciplined, rational way to review the history of our global… — George H. W. Bush
When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a… — Agnetha Faltskog
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking… — Elizabeth Drew
Great short stories and great jokes have a lot in common. Both depend on what communication-theorists sometimes called "exformation," which is a certain quantity of… — David Foster Wallace
From the viewpoint of political power, culture is absolutely vital. So vital, indeed, that power cannot operate without it. It is culture, in the sense… — Terry Eagleton

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