In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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I am kind of a grinder. I am a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights. ~Zach Johnson
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can't, Brooke, you can't leave. You're mine. ~Katy Evans
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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