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The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind. For that, they think, is the real happiness of life.
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I'm sure I frustrate the trainers - in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I think there's a very fine line. I listen to their advice. I take their medical expertise very seriously. But then I also, the reason I am where I am, the reason I play the way I play, is because I push beyond normal.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.
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The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.
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South Korea's economy is still difficult. I will create a country where nobody worries about putting food on the table.
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I haven't always been confident enough to rock different styles because I used to be really shy.
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My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue.
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I put up some great numbers.
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I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person.
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I really like cable T.V.
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I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.
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I often think that woman is more free in Islam than in Christianity. Woman is more protected by Islam than by the faith which preaches monogamy. In AI Quran the law about woman is juster and more liberal.
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A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.
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The hardest thing about my job isn't the snake bites or the crocodiles, it's being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
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It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.
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I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.
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I love Oscar Wilde, still the wittiest writer of anyone, dead or living.
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The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind. For that, they think, is the real happiness of life.
