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When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire. ↗

— John Webster

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When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country. ↗

— Noah Webster

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God made man in his own image, and man returned the favour. ↗

— Frank Wedekind

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It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Every man wants to feel that his woman would love him apart from anything else. ↗

— George Weinberg

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I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing. ↗

— Steven Weinberg

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Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life. ↗

— Randi Weingarten

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In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

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Thanks to this availability of suitable wild mammals and plants, early peoples of the Fertile Crescent could quickly assemble a potent and balanced biological package for intensive food production. That package comprised three cereals, as the main carbohydrate sources; four pulses, with 20—25 percent protein, and four domestic animals, as the main protein sources, supplemented by the generous protein content of wheat; and flax as a source of fiber and oil (termed linseed oil: flax seeds are about 40 percent oil). Eventually, thousands of years after the beginnings of animal domestication and food production, the animals also began to be used for milk, wool, plowing, and transport. Thus, the crops and animals of the Fertile Crescent's first farmers came to meet humanity's basic economic needs: carbohydrate, protein, fat, clothing, traction, and transport. ↗

— Jared Diamond

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Heights plummeted because of a little disaster called civilization. "Heights go way down when we go into state society," says Bogin. "When Egypt conquered the Nile area, the height of peasants fell dramatically. They moved from having access to a wide variety of foods to growing what the Egyptian state demanded. Their bones show lots of deficiencies in minerals and iron." The same stunting happened repeatedly throughout history. As late as the 1800s, male Cheyenne Indians, who hunted bison and collected berries, averaged a whopping 5'10", towering above even today's Americans, not to mention General Custer's cavalry, which averaged 5'7", and the period's wealthy European monarchies. ↗

— Arianne Cohen

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