Herodotus Quotes
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
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I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
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The glass is always half full: I have no time for anything negative - and actually, I've bought crystals for all my team, so they all carry crystals as well.
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I was this non-threatening funny guy who contrasted the image of the Brezhnevs and the Reagans of the world.
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My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music.
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Having an open mind does not necessarily lead to perfection. It is your ability to observe, analyze, discern, and understand the true essence that basic principles contain that point the way to perfection.
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In the wake of newly-alleged prisoner abuse this week, Senator John McCain said that continued mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is hurting the nation's image. Also hurting the nation's image: letting people drown when it rains.
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Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects.
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If you have an important decision to make, or even a small one, it is good to make your decision with the guidance of the Lord.
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Living in this world, under the dominance of the ego mind, is difficult. That's the struggle.
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At a very early stage of the novel's development I get this urge to collect bits of straw and fluff, and to eat pebbles. Nobody will ever discover how clearly a bird visualizes, or if it visualizes at all, the future nest and the eggs in it.
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A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
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Not as tyrants have we come, but as liberators.
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You shall more command with years than with your weapons.
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Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.
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We can make sacrifices to fight Islamic State, but the international coalition has to support us.
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History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband - is designed to disrupt our everyday complacency and force people to think.
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You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can guide him a little by planting a stick in here and a stick in there.
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How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
