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Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, ...

Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about attack

The photon will have remained for me - as best suits a time traveller, in love with divine beauties - a reality of enchanting worlds, a discrete vector emerging through destinies and space-time, the living soul of genesis, the sign of being upon...

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about love

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, ...

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Quote by Maya Angelou about books, habits, children, good, good luck

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about technology, humanity, word, books, reason

There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be...

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about family, evolution, society, future, life, work

Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.

Quote by Charles Babbage about heads, death

Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she...

Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.

Quote by Edward Abbey about state, woman, rightness

Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about army, society, man

I wish I knew how to imagine a short story, because I...

I wish I knew how to imagine a short story, because I rather like the form, but they're too time-consuming for me to write on a regular basis.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about wish, time

Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a...

Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form.

Quote by Lester Bangs about nothing

Things do go in cycles so I never believe rock was really...

Things do go in cycles so I never believe rock was really dead it was really finished or had it, it just comes back in a different form.

Quote by Lester Bangs about rocks, faith, things

Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States...

Quote by Joe Baca about americans

By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about society, poetry, art, magic

The real target is creating enough chaos in Iraq so that an extremist government can emerge there that would be friendly and conducive to the form of ideology that bin Laden, Zawahiri and Zarqawi believe in.

Quote by John Abizaid about ideology, chaos, faith, real estate

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every...

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Quote by Ansel Adams about experience, wisdom, time

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about ignorance, education, nothing

Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.

Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.

Quote by Scott Adams

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the...

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about habits, soul, life

To form another person's opinion, you are its mirror, and to raise a halfway decent human being on this planet is a pretty hard job in this day and age.

Quote by Kim Basinger about opinion, age, olderness, people, human imperfections, being, day, contentment

It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of...

It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of a head of state in human form.

Quote by Prince Andrew about heads, state, idea, human imperfections, people

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