"Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held…" — Rosa Parks

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• The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the… — Aristotle
• You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky. — Paul Auster
• I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a… — Paul Auster
• As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms… — Diane Ackerman
• I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to… — Teresa of Avila
• A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise… — Sai Baba
• The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when… — Michelle Bachelet
• Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree… — Honore de Balzac
• Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. — Douglas Adams
• In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. — Douglas Adams
• Daisies are like sunshine to the ground. — Drew Barrymore
• To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact… — Joseph Addison

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