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::" and is
::" When it
is asked
, What
is the nature
of all our reasonings concerning matter
of fact?
::" The great subverter
of Pyrrhonism or
the excessive principles
of skepticism
is action
, and employment
, and the occupations
of common life
.
::" For here
is the chief
and most confounding objection
to excessive skepticism
, that no durable good can ever result from it ; while it remains
in its full force
and vigor
.
::" She wants
to marry
a Swede " (
the man she wants
to marry
is Swedish —
a specific person )
::" The land
of Dilmun
is a pure place
, the land
of Dilmun
is a clean place
,
::" The only thing standing
in the way
of future Taliban massacres
is Ahmad Shah Massoud
.
::" Modernity
is a qualitative
, not
a chronological
, category
.
::" This last
is the distinguishing characteristic
of classes
, and justifies us
in treating ẑ ( ψz ) as
the class determined by function ψẑ
.
::" Now
is the winter
of our discontent made glorious summer by this son
of York " ( Son / sun )
::" Wherever there
is number
, there
is beauty
.
::" In all determinations
of morality
, this circumstance
of public utility
is ever principally
in view ;
and wherever disputes arise
, either
in philosophy or common life
, concerning
the bounds
of duty
, the question cannot
, by any means
, be decided with greater certainty
, than by ascertaining
, on any side
, the true interests
of mankind
.
::" Few human creatures would consent
to be changed into any
of the lower animals
, for
a promise
of the fullest allowance
of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent
to be
a fool
, no instructed person would be an ignoramus
, no person
of feeling
and conscience would be selfish
and base
, even though they should be persuaded that
the fool
, the dunce
, or
the rascal
is better satisfied with his lot than they are with theirs … A being
of higher faculties requires more
to make him happy
, is capable probably
of more acute suffering
, and is certainly accessible
to it at more points
, than one
of an inferior
type ; but
in spite
of these liabilities
, he can never really wish
to sink into
what he feels
to be
a lower grade
of existence … It
is better
to be
a human being dissatisfied than
a pig satisfied ; better
to be Socrates dissatisfied than
a fool satisfied
.
::" An operational definition
is a procedure agreed upon for translation
of a concept into measurement
of some kind
.
::" There
is no true value
of any characteristic
, state
, or condition that
is defined
in terms
of measurement or observation
.
::" Once again
the political clout
of the school
, which seems
to be closely wired into parliament
, Whitehall
and the Bank
of England
, is being felt by ministers ...
::" I need
very much
to feel
the warmth
of my people around me
, there
is work
to be done
and I will get
the strength from my people
to finish
the business
.
::" I took
the title from
a passage
in Paradise Lost where Adam says
to Eve that their expulsion from Paradise " will prove no sudden but
a slow pac ’ d evil ,/ A Long Day ’ s Dying
to augment our pain ,"
and with
the exception
of the old lady Maroo
, what all
the characters seem
to be dying
of is loneliness
, emptiness
, sterility
, and such preoccupation with themselves
and their own problems that they are unable
to communicate with each other about anything that really matters
to them
very much
.
::" Our house
is on
the eastern slope
of Rupert Mountain
, just off
a country road
, still unpaved then
, and five miles from
the nearest town … Even at
the most unpromising times
of year –
in mudtime
, on bleak
, snowless winter days – it
is in so many unexpected ways beautiful that even after all this time I
have never quite gotten used
to it
.
::" and we
::" We
have no idea how consciousness emerges from
the physical activity
of the brain
and we do not know whether consciousness can emerge from non-biological systems
, such as computers ... At this point
the reader will expect
to find
a careful
and precise definition
of consciousness
.
::" If anyone imagines that
we are stating
the case too strongly
, let him try an experiment with
the first bright boy he meets by asking
,
::" We loved
the time
we spent with you
,
::" So long
, we sure had
a good time!
::" In
a classical philosophical opposition
we are not dealing with
the peaceful coexistence
of a vis-à-vis
, but rather with
a violent hierarchy
.
::" O Stranger
, send
the news home
to the people
of Sparta that here
we
::" Science
is the best defense against believing
what we want
to.
::" There
is a darkness greater than
the one
we fight
.
::" Just as
we deem
the legislative intent manifest
to tax
the stockholder with respect
to such accumulations only if
and when
, and to the extent that
, his interest
in them comes
to fruition as income
, that
is, in dividends declared
, so
we can perceive no constitutional obstacle that stands
in the way
of carrying out this intent when dividends are declared out
of a pre-existing surplus
.
::" Much influenced by Marcel Duchamp he
is an essentially interrogative artist
, constantly questioning artistic conventions
and the assumptions on which
we base our aesthetic judgements
.
::" We veered
a little
to the left after
we came
to Tilford
, at which place on
the Green
we stopped
to look at an oak tree
, which
, when I was
a little boy
, was but
a very little tree
, comparatively
, and which
is now
, take it altogether
, by far
the finest tree that I ever saw
in my life
.
::" Roose
is one
of the cleanest custodians
we have, but he apparently
is a trifle superstitious about his football garments
, for he seldom seems
to trouble
the charwoman with them
.
::" To achieve future prosperity
, we need more
and talented people
.
::" Nor can
we find words
to express our thanks
to the city
of New Orleans
, for
the noble
and generous manner
in which she responded
to our call for help
.
::" JJ believes that most people
who are interested
in what he calls D & S
, what I call ' our thing '
and Bill Borher calls wiitwd (
what it
is that
we do )
and most people on ASB call BDSM
, are interested
in power exchange
.
::" and have
::" When Thou hast done
, Thou hast not done / For I
have more
.
::" As
the novel focuses on Han
, it could
have ended with
the fall
of Han
.
::" Now
to prepare them against these contingencies
, and that they might
, have fresh air for
the benefit
of the elephants
, cureloms or mammoths
and many other animals
, that perhaps were
in them
, as well as
the human beings they contained
, the Lord told them how
to construct them
in order
to receive air
, that when they were on
the top
of the water
, whichever side up their vessels happened
to be
, it mattered not ; they were so constructed that they could ride safely
, though bottom upwards
and they could open their air holes that happened
to be uppermost " ( Orson Pratt
, JoD 12: 340 ).
::" There are many
who have achieved
in the world
of politics
, business or academia
who can trace their success
to the years they spent at LSE
.
::" I
have no desire
to analyze
what makes Buechner's writing
and preaching so extraordinary
.
::" president Eisenhower's Appointment Books contain no entry for
a special meeting on July 16
, 1954 which might
have included
a briefing on MJ-12
.
::" The Duplessis regime may well
have endured for too long
, the Union Nationale leader's traditionalist policies may well
have been anachronistic when compared with
the relatively modern society that
, in many respects
, the Quebec
of the 1950s had already become
.
::" Hoodooism
, anythin ' da ' chew do
is de plan
of God undastan ', God
have somepin
to do wit evah ' thin ' you do if it's good or bad
, He's got somepin
to do wit it
.
::" So great
a contribution
to physics was Two New Sciences that scholars
have long maintained that
the book anticipated Isaac Newton's laws
of motion
.
::" The bitter example
of their own family history would sooner or later
have driven Dara
and Shuja
and Aurangzeb
and Murad
to contend for
the Peacock Throne with desperate fury
.
::" Lawyers
have a concept known as ' fungibility '.
::" The roses
have faded
, there's frost at my door /
::" As I
have said
, our ancestors were taken captive
and driven
to for no reason at all
.
::" The great majority
of those
who have carefully investigated
the subject
have come
to the conclusion that there exists
in man
, as one
of his constituent principles
, a certain subtle element
, known by
the names
of animal electricity
, animal magnetism
, galvanism
, the nervous energy
, the nervous fluid
, etc
.
::" We love our children
, but it's weird when you consider that
in the next century
, you're
going to have people
in nursing homes with names like Heather
and Debbie
.
::" For
Mr. Clinton
, Mr. Jordan's roles
have been manifold: Golfing companion
.
::" In order
, therefore
, that
the clauses cited from Article I
of the Constitution may
have proper force
and effect save only as modified by
the Amendment
, and that
the latter also may
have proper effect
, it
is essential
to distinguish between
what is and what is not ' income ' as
the term
is there used ;
and to apply
the distinction as cases arise according
to truth
and substance without regard
to form
.
::" Permission
to fight
is given
to those
who are fought against because they
have been wronged-truly Allah
has the power
to come
to their support-those
who were expelled from their homes without any right
, merely for saying
, ' Our Lord
is Allah '..." ( Quran
, 22: 39-40 )"
::" It would be thought
a Piece
of Hypocrisy
and pharisaical Ostentation
in me
, if I should say
, that I print these Distichs more with
a view
to the Good
of others than my own private Advantage: And indeed I cannot say it ; for I confess
, I
have so great Confidence
in the common Virtue
and Good Sense
of the People
of this
and the neighoring Provinces
, that I expect
to sell
a very good impression
.
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