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For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of. ↗

— Catherine the Great

#already #anything #aware #excited #farther

A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision. ↗

— Brian Greene

#doorstep #explore #finally #precision #put

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#aid #appreciation #bringing #countries #defending

I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it. ↗

— William Hague

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I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons. ↗

— William Hague

#against #been #believe #day #government

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#being #colors #many #palette #part

Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of Europe to Russia and always had been, and therefore he had to control Poland. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#been #control #country #course #europe

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#cannot #ideas #invasion #resist

I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#devastated #feel #find #horrified #i

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#civilization #clearly #collapse #history #led