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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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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You're out on stage, the music is blaring, the crowd is screaming, the lights are flashing, your heart is pumping, the sweat is flying, and it's the greatest feeling in the whole world. ~Michael Flatley
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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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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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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