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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted...

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about democracy, man

We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.

Quote by Irving Babbitt

Thus the shriek, the caterwaul, the chainsaw gnarlgnashing, the yowl and the whizz that decapitates may be reheard by the adventurous or emotionally damaged as mellifluous bursts of unarguable affirmation.

Quote by Lester Bangs

Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural...

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, miracle, help, beauty, nature, world

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's...

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Quote by George W. Bush about promise, nation, courage, character

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about day, wish, state, happiness, mind, contentment

During the successful visit of the President of India to China last year, the two sides affirmed that China and India pose no threat to each other and would continue to develop bilateral relations on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful...

Quote by Li Peng about success, country

Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the annihilation of force, is necessarily erroneous.

Quote by James Prescott Joule about power, destruction, force, police, god

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the...

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Quote by Mary Ann Evans about faith, soul

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of...

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Quote by Romain Gary about humor, dignity, man

My life is nothing but a question mark in an infinitesimal approximation of a vector-status-non/status in a bold affirmation, a continuous atemporal quantic with infinite dimensions and connections, permanently-inherent in movement, a continuous...

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about eternity

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