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• We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man's afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures.

  Denis Diderot

  Passion, Men, Suffering

  "Diderot". Book by Otis Fellow, 1977.

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• I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.

  Joan Didion

  Thinking, Irritation, People

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• The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.

  William O. Douglas

  Religious, War, Political

  William O. Douglas (1954). “An Almanac of Liberty”

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• What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford.

  Freeman Dyson

  Technology, Government, Fusion

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• Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.

  Sylvia Earle

  Garden, Sea, Healthy

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• Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.

  Charles William Eliot

  Spiritual, Thinking, Expansion

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• The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite.

  Havelock Ellis

  Art, Lying, Dancing

  havelock ellis (1923). “the dance of life”

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• I'm very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.

  Brian Eno

  Fun, Technology, People

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• The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

  Arthur Erickson

  Art, Expression, Design

  Arthur Erickson's Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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• Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

  Arthur Erickson

  Expression, Lines, Profit

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• Resveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data.

  Tim Ferriss

  Years, Data, People

  "Tim Ferriss Wants to Hack Your Body". Interview with Gary Wolf, www.wired.com. November 29, 2010.

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• You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.

  Nathan Fillion

  Art, Believe, Tv Shows

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

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• A grill is just a source of heat. Just like a stove, it is very user-friendly.

  Bobby Flay

  Friendly, Grilling, Heat

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• Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear.

  Barney Frank

  Issues, People, Giving

  Interview with Jason Zengerle, nymag.com. April 15, 2012.

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• There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.

  Thomas Frank

  Integrity, Jail, Claims

  "Obama Is Right About Fox News" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.

  Al Franken

  Powerful, Media, Should Have

  "The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2010.

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• I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.

  Brendan Fraser

  Independent, Mean, Arabia

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• The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety.

  Sigmund Freud

  Anxiety, Firsts, Birth

  Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Carrie Lee Rothgeb (1959). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

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• What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain.

  Thomas Friedman

  Religious, Political, Movement

  "Why the World Is Flat". Interview with Daniel H. Pink, www.wired.com. May 1, 2005.

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• There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of use as a deep wisdom, an inner knowing. We can access this wonderful source of knowledge and wisdom through our intuition, an inner sense that tells us what feels right and true for us at any given moment.

  Shakti Gawain

  Intelligent, Knowing, Intuition

  Shakti Gawain (2015). “The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition”, p.279, Mango Media Inc.

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• Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Jobs, Inspiration, Done

  CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. December 7, 2006.

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• But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK? People believed that creativity was this divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source, for distant and unknowable reasons.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Believe, Creativity, Rome

  "Do All Of Us Possess Genius?". Interview with Alison Stewart, www.npr.org. May 25, 2012.

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• The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

  Newt Gingrich

  Ideas, Political, Politics

  "Master of DISASTER". David Beers, Mother Jones Magazine, Volume 14, No. 8, October 1989.

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• A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Wise, Regret, Lying

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