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My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.
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My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger.
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Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object.
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No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
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No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
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No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it.
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No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.
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Nothing in the world is single. All things by al law divine in one another's being mingle. Why not I with thine?
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On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
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One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or person really wishes to do. A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.
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One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.
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One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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Other exercises develop single powers and muscles, but dancing embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.
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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.
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Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.
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People are very open-minded about new things. As long as they are exactly like the old ones.
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People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
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Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.
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