William of Conches Quotes
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Turquoise is my birthstone; I'm a Sagittarius.
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In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the time being, and only for the time being - to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India.
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I am following a particular diet, and it requires me to not just eat right but also at the right time. So, I carry food from home.
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Prayer is not getting things from God. That is a most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God: I tell Him what I know He knows in order that I may get to know it as He does.
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We cannot assume that people by virtue of the fact that they are black are going to associate themselves with progressive political struggles. We need to divest ourselves the kinds of strategies that assume that black unity black political unity is possible.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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Cardinal Arithmetics is much older than Number Theory. People used to exchange things way before there were numbers. Expressing numbers like 762 is already a sign of a very advanced civilization.
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Remember, once more how our world should be. And please, don't forget, please, please don't forget.
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Bliss is not subtractbale.
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Ancient one sleeping, waiting to rise When earth's power bleeds sacred red The mark strikes true; Queen Tsi Sgili will devise He shall be washed from his entombing bed Through the hand of the dead he is free Terrible beauty, monstrous sight Ruled again they shall be Women shall kneel to his dark might Kalona's song sounds sweet As we slaughter with cold heat
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Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine.
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Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.
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Human existence basically is──a never to be completed imperfect tense.
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It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.
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The fewer men, the greater share of honor.
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I know too that the only reason we have got any cooperation at all out of Iraq is because of the credible threat of force.
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The substance of mind is the substance of heaven. A joyful thought is an auspicious star or a felicitous cloud. An angry thought is a thunderstorm or a violent rain. A kind thought is a gentle breeze or a sweet dew. A stern thought is a fierce sun or an autumn frost. Which of these can be eliminated? Just let them pass away as they arise, open and unresisting, and your mind merges with the spacious sky.
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If you're lucky enough to work with great actors and creative people, they're always just going to be who they are, so I don't think there's a difference between the Brits and the Americans.
