Lysander Spooner Quotes
The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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For everyday clothes, I love North Face and Rohan, and for smarter options, I like Whistles and Agnes b on Marylebone High Street.
Imelda Staunton
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
Hannah Storm
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When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.
Randy Moss
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I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.
Flip Wilson
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I'm a slow starter.
Damian Lewis
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
H. L. Mencken
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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
Ian Hart
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Liberals consider people to be nuisances.
P. J. O'Rourke
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We wanted a supporting cast that would appeal to Baby Boomers who grew up in the fifties.
Randal Kleiser
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I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
S. Truett Cathy
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Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.
Zadie Smith
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No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.
Carl Sagan
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The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.
Iain McGilchrist
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He Giovanni Ardini, Italian master-carver opened up a new vista for me of the quality of form, light, and colour contained in the Mediterranean conception of carving.
Barbara Hepworth
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Die Pflicht der Kantianer verhält sich zu dem Gebot der Ehre, der Stimme des Berufs und der Gottheit in uns, wie die getrocknete Pflanze zur frischen Blume am lebenden Stamme.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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The plant laboratories in which this wonderful and vitally essential transformation is effected are chiefly located in the leaf of the plant... the thoughtful person must regard this structure-the most ordinary green leaf of tree or shrub or vine or the tiniest blade of grass-as in some respects the most wonderful thing in the world.
Luther Burbank
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I've done a lot of that kind of work before, anyway, and I was in good hands.
Marton Csokas
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Instagram, Swiffer, and Nest had to compete with consumer habits and perceptions. Breakout products face competition from the formidable inertia powering the status quo.
Jay Samit
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Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.
Nicky Gumbel
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Drive to win and the desire to make a profit are given by God to provide the incentive required for conquering exceptional challenges.
Ed Silvoso
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
Salman Rushdie
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I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
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The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.
Lysander Spooner