On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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People love to hate other people. ~Kid Rock
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive. ~Robert Kiyosaki
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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