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“The great question, whether man is of nature or above her.”
Source : George Perkins Marsh (1871). “Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action”, p.549
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“Faith, repentance, and holiness are no less the free gifts of God than eternal life.”
Source : Augustus Toplady (1794). “The Works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.250
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“Japanese tend to put sales and market share first. They make many products with the aim of raising sales. But then profits decline, and companies find themselves falling into debt... I changed the mindset at Canon by getting people to realize that profits come first.”
Source : "Online Extra: Q&A with Canon's Fujio Mitarai". Interview with Irene M. Kunii, www.bloomberg.com. February 11, 2002. 
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“The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity...if we want to see might wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and might things which thou knowest not."”
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“Society of leisure perhaps? Indeed, the most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to affluence as the passage from labour to leisure. Leisure contains the future, it is the new horizon. The prospect then is one of unremitting labor to bequeath to future generations a chance of founding a society of leisure that will overcome the demands and compulsions of productive labor so that time may be devoted to creative activities or simply to pleasure and happiness.”
Source : "Everyday Life in the Modern World".
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“Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.”
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“The mind is a phonograph which shall keep and echo the impressions of the past.”
Source : Julia McNair Wright (1879). “The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated”
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“I always wanted to do a deal with Russell Simmons, and now I've got my signature on a piece of paper with his.”
