#stance

But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns. ↗

— John James Audubon

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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse. ↗

— David Bailey

#body #concern #deeply #drinking #dull

Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

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There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections. ↗

— Samuel Adams

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Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior. ↗

— Candice Bergen

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The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#been #enough #liberal #lost #lot

I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance. ↗

— Sarah Ferguson

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. ↗

— Mark Twain

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