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  • Friedrich Nietzsche He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson We fly to beauty as an asylum from the terrors of finite nature.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Richard Bach ''To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is.'' ''He said, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.''
    Richard Bach
    American author (1936 - )
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  • Jeremy Taylor A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • Samuel Johnson A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Mme de Stael A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
    Mme de Stael
    French-Swiss novelist and essayist (1766 - 1817)
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  • Jean Baudrillard A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth - either epileptic or dead.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Mary Kay Ash Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
    Mary Kay Ash
    American businesswoman (1918 - 2001)
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  • Joel Hawes Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.
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  • Bruce Schneier Air travel survived decades of terrorism, including attacks which resulted in the deaths of everyone on the plane. It survived 9/11. It'll survive the next successful attack. The only real worry is that we'll scare ourselves into making air travel so onerous that we won't fly anymore.
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans. They could put one person on the surface of the Moon for one day and he'd be a national hero.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Charles Mackay An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.
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  • William Shakespeare And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
    Henry VI 4, 7
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Doug Horton As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Francis Bacon Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Alexander Pope Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Carrie Vaughn Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.
    Carrie Vaughn
    American writer (1973 - )
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  • Arthur Chapman Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.
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