Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
#quotes #hannes-alfven #universe #astrology #astronomy

We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
#quotes #tony-snow #society #nation #trust

There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
#quotes #harry-blamires #religious #christianity

The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo). ~Ibrahim Rugova
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #friendship

If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #life

I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
#quotes #jacques-derrida #lively

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
#quotes #steven-pinker #believe #soul #culture

I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
#quotes #elisabeth-elliot #marriage

Never underestimate the power of wide-grip pull-ups to develop width and size. ~Ronnie Coleman
#quotes #ronnie-coleman #exercise

Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
#proverbs #yugoslav-proverbs #human

A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #friendship #truth

Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
#proverbs #american-proverbs #effort #success

To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #women

With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
#quotes #dorothy-denning #government #privacy

Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
#quotes #nikola-tesla #nuclear

Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #food #mind