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The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#been #before #court #done #gone

I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery; however, I felt I wasn't getting enough time assisting. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

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Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#been #business #common #discuss #dream

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#difference #great #great things #how #makes

Ultimately, however, the script an actor enlivens is someone else's words. ↗

— Debra Winger

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A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the impulses by which the world goes on to improvement. ↗

— Justin Winsor

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