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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. John Adams
[Henry] felt himself bound as much in honour as in affection to Miss Morland, and believing that heart to be his own which he had been directed to gain, no unworthy retraction of a tacit consent, no reversing feared of unjustifiable anger, could shake his fidelity, or influence the resolutions it prompted. Jane Austen
Another time, he was playing [chess] with his equal, the Duchess of Bourbon, who made a move that inadvertently exposed her king. Ignoring the rules of the game, he promptly captured it. "Ah," said the duchess, "we do not take Kings so." Replied Franklin in a famous quip: "We do in America. Walter Isaacson
George MacDonald quote: "You allowed me existence, which is the sum of what one can..."
You allowed me existence, which is the sum of what one can demand of his fellow-beings George MacDonald
Vincente Minnelli quote: "No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially..."
No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there. Vincente Minnelli
Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it. Margaret Cho
He had opened the book at random several times, seeking a sortes Virgilianae, before he chose the sentences on which his code was to be based. 'You say: I am not free. But I have lifted my hand and let it fall.' It was as if in choosing that passage, he were transmitting a signal of defiance to both the services. The last word of the message, when it was decoded by Boris or another, would read 'goodbye. Graham Greene
The fact that my grown kids like to hang out with me, I mean, it just - I don't think it really can get any better than that, I don't think. Roseanne Barr
James S. Coleman quote: "The higher the social class of other students the higher any..."
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement. James S. Coleman
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river? Frederick Carl Frieseke
Diane Ackerman quote: "I watched her face switch among the radio stations of memory"
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Rocco Buttiglione quote: "We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't..."
We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along. Rocco Buttiglione
Orson Welles quote: "A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only..."
A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own. Orson Welles
Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them. Blaise Pascal
William Shakespeare quote: "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action."
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action. William Shakespeare