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We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

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By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief. ↗

— John Woolman

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We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building. ↗

— Orville Wright

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Things went in a direction that I didn't want to go. I started doing bit parts and things that are pretty much laid out for people in my position. The parts were pretty generic. ↗

— Tina Yothers

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Although I know a lot of the previous shuttle flights, in theory, had their tasks laid out; but there were still some changes that came along for them. ↗

— Linda M. Godwin

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I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders. ↗

— Tracey Gold

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My perfect guy wears converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool. ↗

— Selena Gomez

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As soon as by one's own propaganda even a glimpse of right on the other side is admitted, the cause for doubting one's own right is laid. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

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All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate. ↗

— Charles Inglis

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