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  I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

  Patrick Henry

  Future, Past, Judging

  Speech at Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775

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• In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

  Paul Harvey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

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• A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.

  Stanislav Grof

  Spiritual, Buddhism, Opportunity

  Stanislav Grof (1998). “The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness”, p.229, SUNY Press

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• I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.

  Temple Grandin

  Cycling, Years, Nerves

  Interview with Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Bullying, Fun, Normal

  "Whoopi Goldberg in full flight". Interview with Cole Morton, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2009.

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• Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

  Lady Gaga

  Desire, Fame, Wells

  "Lady Gaga launches 'slutty' fragrance". Interview with Maggie Lake, www.cnn.com. September 13, 2012.

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• Our family room, where we live, is about togetherness and ease. Nothing in my house is too formal. There are no coasters on tables; the kids can eat Popsicles on the couch if they want to. I let them ride these little cycles we got for them when they were 3 that have rubber wheels and no pedals.

  Cindy Crawford

  Kids, House, Ease

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• We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Rain, Cycle Of Life, Water Of Life

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• Study the past, if you would divine the future.

  Confucius

  Change, Time, Philosophical

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• Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them on the throne. It was during this period that the cycle of dietary and planetary destruction began, the thing we're only realizing just now.

  Mark Bittman

  Kings, Corn, Collaboration

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• Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle...

  Michele Bachmann

  Earth, Natural, Carbon

  "Stumped By Science: Michele Bachmann Calls CO2 'Harmless,' 'Negligible,' 'Necessary,' 'Natural'". Brad Johnson, The Wonk Room (Think Progress), April 24, 2009.

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• Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle...

  Marcus Aurelius

  Philosophical, Form, Everlasting

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book II, (14), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fate, Men, Universal

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (1906). “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus”

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• Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.

  Karen Armstrong

  Religious, Violence, Problem

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• I'm actually tougher on myself as I get older. It's a vicious cycle. The things that are important in life are the things that you can't buy in life: love, health and happiness. I say that, and I believe that, and I try to live that.

  Criss Angel

  Believe, Love Life, Important

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• For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don't. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the backstory.

  Tori Amos

  Song, Emotional, Together

  "Tori Amos: 20 years after her solo debut". Interview with Abbey Goodman, www.cnn.com. October 5, 2011.

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• I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

  Tori Amos

  Song, Character, Ideas

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• What is history but a fable agreed upon?

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Time, Memories, Writing History

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• Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Christian, Fear, Worry

  Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I've got to consider how it's going to affect people. How it's going to affect me, as well. Because it's like a cycle.

  Eric Clapton

  Real, People, Needs

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• Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

  Winston Churchill

  Sarcastic, Time, Memories

  Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

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• I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.

  George H. W. Bush

  Party, Thinking, Years

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• We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

  Edmund Burke

  Inspirational, Friendship, Change

  Edmund Burke (1963). “Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches”, p.316, Transaction Publishers

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• Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Fear, Business

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• The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times.

  James Buchan

  Years, Age, Firsts

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