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• Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow.

  Paracelsus

  Inspirational, Art, Heaven

  Paracelsus, Jolande Jacobi (1951). “Selected Writings”, p.45, Princeton University Press

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• A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.

  Paracelsus

  Demise, Flow, Causes

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• Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

  Blaise Pascal

  Our Actions, Causes, Morality

  Blaise Pascal, Roger Ariew “PensŽes”, Hackett Publishing

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• Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

  Linus Pauling

  Life, Happiness, Wise

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• It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.

  Liz Phair

  Rocks, Blue, Rock And Roll

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• There's no question that tar sands in Canada are probably the largest source of oil available to the U.S. over a long period of time. There's as much oil in the tar sands probably as there is in Saudi Arabia. The problem is, there's a huge capital requirement to develop that.

  T. Boone Pickens

  Oil, Long, Arabia

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• As long as your ideology identifies the main source of the world's ills as a definable group, it opens the world up to genocide.

  Steven Pinker

  Long, Groups, World

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• Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.

  William Pollard

  People, Decision, Benefits

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• Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.

  Jackson Pollock

  Art, Different, Matter

  Elizabeth Frank, Jackson Pollock (1983). “Jackson Pollock”, Abbeville Pr

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• The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash the forces of job creation in America. The source of new jobs isn't going to be the bureaucracies of Washington, but rather the creativity, ingenuity, and hard work of the American people.

  Rob Portman

  Jobs, Hard Work, Creativity

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• I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

  Dan Rather

  Thinking, Important, Journalism

  "I’ve Discovered Facebook" by Dan Rather, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2011.

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• Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Men, Air

  Quoted in Sierra, 10 Sept. 1980

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• Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Philosophy, Book, Eye

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• If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Peace, Vain, Ifs

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• I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

  David Rockefeller

  Art, Creativity, Thinking

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

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• The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.

  Richard Roeper

  Spring, Doe, Culture

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• Even though I love solar and love wind, like most people do, I like the renewable sources, they alone are not going to get America energy independent.

  Mitt Romney

  Independent, Wind, America

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• We are special because we've been united not by a common race or ethnicity. We're bound together by common values. That family is the most important institution in society. That almighty God is the source of all we have.

  Marco Rubio

  Family, Race, Ethnicity

  Marco Rubio's speech at the Republican National Convention, www.politico.com. August 30, 2012.

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• Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity.

  Marco Rubio

  Party, Class, President

  Marco Rubio's response speech to Barack Obama's state of the union 2013 address, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2013.

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• Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.

  Rumi

  Wall, Heart, Simple

  Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (2008). “The Pocket Rumi”, p.133, Shambhala Publications

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• I am certainly not a good Muslim. But I am able now to say that I am Muslim; in fact it is a source of happiness to say that I am now inside, and a part of the community whose values have always been closest to my heart.

  Salman Rushdie

  Heart, Community, Able

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• Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Past, Secular Society, Government

  "Celebrating Faith, Altruism And Our Modern Community" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2011.

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• Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

  William Safire

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Knowing

  William Safire (1988). “Coming to terms”, Doubleday

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• The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

  George Santayana

  Religious, Atheist, Inspiration

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• Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Punishment, Argument, Good And Bad

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