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Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about atoms, spring, present, help, body, secret, mind, god, good, good luck

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils...

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

Quote by Agatha Christie about god, man

There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that.

Quote by Josh Duhamel about habits, fall, bad luck, bad

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when...

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about sleep, fall, love, life

The odds are always against you no matter what your...

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

Quote by Tom Osborne about history

To regard all things and principles of things as...

To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.

Quote by Walter Pater about things, thinking

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