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We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us - how we can take it, what we do with it - and that is what really counts in the end. How to take the raw stuff of life and make it a thing of worth and beauty - that is the test of living.
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We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.
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We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.
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We could be the biggest pantyhose seller in America, but we don't want to weaken the link in shoppers' minds between Home Depot and do-it-yourself projects.
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We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage possibly beyond the point of long-term recovery.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
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We could have waited for a donor to appear, but we believe in the spirit of self-development and confidence. We are not so poor that we are unable to carry out this project.
On construction of the Unity Bridge, January 2005 -
We couldn't place their accents but we thought the smaller one might be Australian since he seemed so at home down under.
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe -
We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.
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We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
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We desire to throw no one into the shade [in East Asia], but we also demand our own place in the sun.
Speech in Reichstag, 6 December 1897 -
We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.
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We didn't all come over on the same ship, but we're all in the same boat.
Bernard M. Baruch
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We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.
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We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was.
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We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.
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We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.
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We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what they teach. We urge that the preachers teach the truth, to teach our people the one important guiding rule of conduct - unity of purpose.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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