Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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For the Arminian, salvation is possible for all but certain for none. In the Calvinist position, salvation is sure for God's elect.
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If we go to free agency without a CBA, I would say very few teams are going to be in play and be active. If you do have a CBA, there are going to be a lot of teams out there competing for players.
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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Truthfulness is the real mark of integrity.
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The movement toward a holistic approach to community development has been long in the making, but the housing crisis has motivated further progress.
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I find it hard to argue with Reagan's old slogan: Trust, but verify.
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The demand for digital textbooks has increased since its introduction to the marketplace. As students become more familiar with them and computers get faster, larger and more portable, this product will gain in popularity.
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You have to remember that in the microcosm of Cincinnati, Ohio, through northern Kentucky, my father was a big star, still is. So that made my sister and me really visible. Everybody knew us, talked about us.
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This gathered worship, as Quakers call it, is not only absence of noise. Gathered worship springs from the reverent, silent expectation that God will come among the people. The silence deepens as we feel ourselves drawn beautifully to God and each other. Our hearts and souls burst with thanksgiving-a thanksgiving best expressed by silence. Silence growing from awe is the natural human response to hints of the Divine.
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What can be explained by the assumption of fewer things is vainly explained by the assumption of more things.
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John Locke said that it is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth. It is easy to point out people’s faults. They are always so obvious. But this will never change the person. Better to put the truth in their hands. By the power of truth a life will change.
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Hang (hang without fail, so the people see) no fewer than one hundred known kulaks, rich men, bloodsuckers.
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Communism, my dear," I said when I managed to get hold of a bunch of bananas for hers and let them ripen on the windowsill, given her just one each day so they'd last for a while.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
