Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Many the lumps of frankincense on the same altar; one falls there early and another late, but it makes no difference.
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Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs.
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Sometimes, I'm driving along in my car, and a song from my high-school years comes on the radio: Springsteen's 'Thunder Road.' Just the opening few chords make me want to roll down the window and let the wind blow back my hair.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon Body Parts, you really ought to see it.
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If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.
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Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.
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I believe whoever has the most energy wins. You need energy to win at your relationship, win in your career, win as a parent, win at being your highest potential self.
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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction.
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I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.
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In every country I visit, I am proud to present Jasmine and what we are doing here. I am in no doubt that we will soon be called upon to teach others the model we have been developing for the past decade, for the promotion of women-owned businesses.
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A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.
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I don't think I talk to anybody the same way I talk to Moby.
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I raised my arms as if in prayer and heard the mutter of response behind me. Then I scattered the dried grains, red and brown and black, and studied the patterns they formed on the stone ledge before Sibbos. This is not such a mystic thing. You see what it is sensible to see, or else you interpret what you see so that the meaning comes out as you want it.
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Ian Smith.
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Only by awakening can you know the true meaning of that word.
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Conservatism: Our revolutionary message … is that a self-disciplined people can create a political community in which an ordered liberty will promote both economic prosperity and political participation.
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I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.
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Everyone who has a pair of eyes in this country understands the racial tensions and the issues we have are very serious and they're not going away. Just because we had Barack Obama as our president and, on paper, everything looks equal, it's very clearly not.
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God never gives us more than we can handle. Everything that comes our way is coming our way so that we can grow and evolve.
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Many the lumps of frankincense on the same altar; one falls there early and another late, but it makes no difference.
