What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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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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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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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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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. ~Paul Cezanne
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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