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Henry David Thoreau
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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H. L. Mencken
The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
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Pope Pius XI
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.
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Eugene Kennedy
The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple
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Robert Anthony, The Man Who Would Never Be King
I have been like a child walking along the shore line. Quickly discarding one sea shell for another of more outward beauty-- never to know the pearl within!
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.
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David Rogers, Weather Prediction Using a Genetic Memory
The most extensive computation known has been conducted over the last billion years on a planet-wide scale: it is the evolution of life. The power of this computation is illustrated by the complexity and beauty of its crowning achievement, the human brain.
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Michael Gartner
There is no reason for anyone in the country, for anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use, a handgun. The only way to control handguns use in this country is to prohibit the guns. And the only way to do that is to change the Constitution.
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German proverb
He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.
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Thomas H. Huxley
The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
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Arthur C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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John F. Kennedy
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
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