Quotes 2541 till 2560 of 12035.
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For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does not see that old age in this universal man ought not to be sought in the times nearest his birth, but in those most remote from it?
Preface to the Treatise on Vacuum -
For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.
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For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt.
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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
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For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
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For computer communications, computers talk in little bursts. They're not continuous like speech.
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For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.
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For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead...
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For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
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For if the Germans do not help defend the West, American and Canadian troops must cross the seas to do the job, and I venture to believe that the troops - if not the statesmen - regard this as an interference at least in their own domestic affairs.
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For imagination sets the goal ''picture'' which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of ''will,'' as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.
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For it is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship.
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For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
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For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.
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For man is not the creature and product of Mechanism; but, in a far truer sense, its creator and producer.
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For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance.
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For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian church would require they walk away from their traditions to fit into the Gentile culture. We must face these past wrongs.
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For me nature is not a landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces - an event rather than an appearance.
Quoted in Karl Ruhrberg et al., Art of the 20th Century (2000) -
For me working on the marriage and not making the easy choice of cheating was something that I could not do.
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For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible.
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