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  • George Santayana Man is as full of potential as he is of importance.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Bishop Joseph Henshaw Man's life is like unto a winter's day, Some break their fast and so depart away, Others stay dinner then depart full fed; The longest age but sups and goes to bed. Oh, reader, then behold and see, As we are now so must you be.
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  • Lord Chesterfield Many people come into company full of what they intend to say in it themselves, without the least regard to others.
    Letters (1892)
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Carl D. Anderson Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge.
    Carl D. Anderson
    American physicist
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  • John Dryden Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Sir Hugh Walpole Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
    Sir Hugh Walpole
    British writer
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  • Horace Walpole Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
    Horace Walpole
    British writer (1717 - 1797)
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  • Francis Bacon Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • John Milton Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Sophia Loren Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
    Sophia Loren
    Italian actress (1934 - )
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  • John Ruskin Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Augustus William Hare Mountains never shake hands. Their roots may touch; they may keep together some way up; but at length they part company, and rise into individual, insulated peaks. So is it with great men.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • J. Robert Oppenheimer My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
    American theoretical physicist and professor of physics (1904 - 1967)
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  • Bobby Flay My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Anne Dudley My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do.
    Anne Dudley
    English composer, keyboardist and conductor (1956 - )
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  • Martin Luther My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
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  • Beatrice Wood My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.
    Beatrice Wood
    American artist (1893 - 1998)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver My morning begins with trying not to get up before the sun rises. But when I do, it's because my head is too full of words, and I just need to get to my desk and start dumping them into a file. I always wake with sentences pouring into my head.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Bayard Taylor Mysterious Flood, that through the silent sands Hast wandered, century on century, Watering the length of great Egyptian lands, Which were not, but for thee.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature is full of freaks, and now puts an old head on young shoulders, and then takes a young heart heating under fourscore winters.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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