Quotes 22081 till 22100 of 25206.
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We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.
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We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…
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We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.
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We hunt in Florida, where I live in Jay. I hunt in Alabama a little bit, on my uncle's land. I go to Illinois and hunt with some friends up there. I hunt in Mississippi and Missouri.
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We identify in our exerience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us.
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We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.
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We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators and tyrants in other countries, all in the name of 'security' and 'stability'. And we arm ourselves to the teeth, and pray to God to be saved.
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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
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We in America have everything we need except the most important thing of all-time to think and the habit of thought.
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We in Congress need to support the American forces in every conceivable way, giving them the tools to continue to convert, capture or kill terrorists and the time to equip the Iraqi security forces.
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We in the West walked away from Afghanistan at the end of the Cold War and left it as a country devastated socially and armed to the teeth. If we do that again, there will be consequences.
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We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.
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We inevitably doom our children to failure and frustration when we try to set their goals for them.
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We invent what we love and what we fear.
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We just bought this house. It's too big. It's like 400,000 square feet, or something. We got an indoor lake and ski slope in the house! It's just too big.
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We just get up there and play rock-and-roll music, man. Everybody sweats and has a good time.
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We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call their gods, we name otherwise.
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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
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