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“My theory stands as firm as a rock; every arrow directed against it will return quickly to its archer. How do I know this? Because I have studied it from all sides for many years; because I have examined all objections which have ever been made against the infinite numbers; and above all because I have followed its roots, so to speak, to the first infallible cause of all created things.”

Knows Years Firsts Made Speak Causes Sides Numbers Rocks Theory Return Roots Logic Infinite Certainty Uncertainty Firm Reasoning Arrows Objections Infallible Ontology Archer

Author:Georg Cantor

“I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.”

“When I die, I will return to where I first came from. Back to the stars.”

Firsts Dies Stars Return

Author:Amani

“We must look at what immigration to America involves. To the new arrivals, the change is excruciating. Learning a new language and dealing with strange customs make the first years of life in the new land painful... The economic system of the United States is a mighty engine of persuasion. It motivates people to do what otherwise they never would in return for fulfilling their dreams. In the process, people learn that there is no sharp line between physical well-being and the higher purposes of life. The comfort of owning a house is at once meeting the obligation to care for one”

“The soul's first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.”

Feels Firsts Humans Two Ideas Soul Earth Form Desire Fighting Wish Adventure Return Human Form

Book:Self-realization Magazine

Source: Self-realization Magazine

“When you do not accept the insult some one casts on you, it goes back to the person who indulged in it first; a registered letter that is not accepted returns to the sender.”

Firsts Persons Accepting Return Letters Casts Accepted Insult

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“Love for a dog during childhood is one of the deepest and purest emotions we are ever likely to have, and it remains with us for the rest of our lives. For some people, their first experience with love is with a dog. The fact that the dog returns the love so fiercely, so openly, so unambivalently, is for many children a unique and lasting experience.”

People Firsts Children Facts Love Is Emotion Our Lives Childhood Dog Return Unique Remains Lasting

Author:Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

“In Critical and baffling situations, it is always best to return to first principle and simple action”

Firsts Action Simple Situation Principles Military Return Critical

Author:Winston Churchill

“A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation.”

Firsts Young Boys Journey Return Please Voyages Sailor Lad Navigation Please Me

Book:Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

“If a chieftain or a man leave his house, garden, and field and hires it out, and some one else takes possession of his house, garden, and field and uses it for three years; if the first owner return and claims his house, garden, and field, it shall not be given to him, but he who has taken possession of it and used it shall continue to use it.”

Ifs Men Years Firsts Use Used Three House Given Taken Fields Return Garden Claims Possession Owners Three Years

Author:Hammurabi

“When the Jewish people, after nearly 2,000 years of exile, under relentless persecution, became a nation again on 14 May 1948 the 'fig tree' put forth its first leaves. Jesus said that this would indicate that He was 'at the door,' ready to return.”

People Years Firsts May Said Jesus Nations Doors Tree Ready Return Persecution Exile Relentless Figs

Book:The Late Great Planet Earth

Source: The Late Great Planet Earth

“Investors must remember that their first job is to preserve their capital. After they've dealt with that, they can approach the second job, seeking a return on that capital.”

Firsts Jobs Remember Return Approach Seeking Preserves Investors

Author:Irving Kahn

“Thou spring'st a leak already in thy crown, A flaw is in thy ill-bak'd vessel found; 'Tis hollow, and returns a jarring sound, Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command, Unwrought, and easy to the potter's hand: Now take the mould; now bend thy mind to feel The first sharp motions of the forming wheel.”

Feels Mind Firsts Hands Found Easy Sound Return Spring Ill Command Wheels Flaws Crowns Clay Vessel Hollow Potters Leaks Mould Pottery

Book:Poetical Works: With a Memoir

Source: Poetical Works: With a Memoir