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We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. ↗

— John Ruskin

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It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing? ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since. ↗

— Rachel Roy

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For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years. ↗

— Darrell Royal

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The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This second aspect is the one which from Kant, until the present time, has formed the deeper problem of thought. ↗

— Josiah Royce

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I was a guitar player first off. ↗

— Boz Scaggs

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