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“Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds.”

Mind Whole Seems Force Social Environment Filled Social Environment

“Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.”

Giving Force Journey Pride Commitment Selfishness Display Platforms Humbling Love And Commitment Selfishness And Pride

Author:Francis Chan

“It is the religious impulse which supplies the cohesive force which unifies a society and a culture... A society which has lost its religion becomes sooner or later a society which has lost its culture.”

Culture Lost Force Religious Impulse Sooner Or Later Supplies

Book:Enquiries Into Religion and Culture (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

Source: Enquiries Into Religion and Culture (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

“The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.”

Long Force Egypt Diplomacy Consensus Anchors Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudis

Author:Elliott Abrams

“By using the systems archetypes we can learn how to “structure” the details into a coherent picture of the forces at play.”

Play Force Structure Details Archetype

Author:Peter Senge

“In action, in desire, we must submit perpetually to the tyranny of outside forces; but in thought, in aspiration, we are free, free from our fellowmen, free from the petty planet on which our bodies impotently crawl, free even, while we live, from the tyranny of death.”

Body Action Desire Force Planets Tyranny Aspiration Submit Petty

Book:Why I Am Not a Christian

Source: Why I Am Not a Christian

“In spite of Death, the mark and seal of the parental control, Man is yet free, during his brief years, to examine, to criticise, to know, and in imagination to create. To him alone, in the world with which he is acquainted, this freedom belongs; and in this lies his superiority to the resistless forces that control his outward life.”

Knows Men World Years Lying Force Imagination Mark Spite Superiority Seals Parental Criticise

Book:Mysticism and Logic

Source: Mysticism and Logic

“Fear and euphoria are dominant forces, and fear is many multiples the size of euphoria. Bubbles go up very slowly as euphoria builds. Then fear hits, and it comes down very sharply. When I started to look at that, I was sort of intellectually shocked. Contagion is the critical phenomenon which causes the thing to fall apart.”

Looks Fall Force Causes Size Critical Phenomenon Bubbles Dominant Shocked Falling Apart Euphoria Contagion

Author:Alan Greenspan

“From the results so far obtained it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the long-range atoms arising from collision of alpha particles with nitrogen are not nitrogen atoms but probably atoms of hydrogen, or atoms of mass 2. If this be the case, we must conclude that the nitrogen atom is disintegrated under the intense forces developed in a close collision with a swift alpha particle, and that the hydrogen atom which is liberated formed a constituent part of the nitrogen nucleus.”

Ifs Long Force Difficult Results Cases Mass Intense Conclusion Range Atoms Particles Liberated Constituents Collision Hydrogen Alphas Nucleus Nitrogen Hydrogen Atom

Author:Ernest Rutherford

“Writing lets you step back and think through a problem. Even the angriest rant forces the writer to achieve a degree of thoughtfulness.”

Thinking Writing Problem Force Steps Achieve Degrees Rant Thoughtfulness

Book:Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Source: Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

“The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system which puts profits ahead of quality care for its patients.”

Hard Care Force Quality Benefits Patient Profit Reform Populist Health System Stoke Quality Care

Author:Jerrold Nadler

“For a man is a little lower than the angels, yet was made that he might become the companion of the Creative Forces; and thus was given--in the breath of life--the individual soul, the stamp of approval as it were of the Creator; with the ability to know itself to be itself, and to make itself, as one with the Creative Forces--irrespective of other influences.”

Knows Men Littles Made Soul Might Individual Given Force Ability Creative Influence Angel Breaths Creator Companion Approval Stamps

Author:Edgar Cayce

“At Lackland Air Force Base, they make an effort to retrain military dogs that suffer from PTSD. It's a lengthy, long process. The treatment is much the same as it would be for people, but it's a difficult road back.”

People Long Would Be Suffering Force Process Difficult Effort Air Dog Military Treatment Ptsd Air Force Lengthy

Author:Robert Crais

“I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait to get back to it. But there are days when I don't know what's coming next, and I really have to force it.”

Knows Writing Two Next Force Waiting Hours Morning Excited Get Back

Author:Louis Sachar

“Pick the topic you like: the Middle East, international terrorism, Central America, whatever it is - the picture of the world that's presented to the public has only the remotest relation to reality. The truth of the matter is buried under edifice after edifice of lies upon lies. It's all been a marvelous success from the point of view in deterring the threat of democracy, achieved under conditions of freedom, which is extremely interesting. It's not like a totalitarian state, where it's done by force. These achievements are under conditions of freedom.”

Source: Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

“The growth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such. Yet peace is the first and most important condition for continued prosperity and freedom. America's military power must be secure because the United States is the only guarantor of global peace and stability. The current neglect of America's armed forces threatens its ability to maintain peace.”

“Jaguars, afterall, were fairly common, and so people were more respectful than afraid of them, just as they were of any other natural force.”

People Force Natural Common Respectful Jaguars

Book:Rain of Gold

Source: Rain of Gold

“Most conservatives - by which I mean normal people - have little conception of the aggressive and revolutionary force that confronts them. It is a revolutionary force in that it seeks to overturn the existing order, but it differs from the spirit of Marx and Lenin in that it never proclaims itself openly.”

People Mean Littles Spirit Order Force Normal Revolutionary Conception Aggressive

Author:Tom Bethell

“The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions and shapes according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form.”

Form Force Fashion Shapes Highest Logic Plant Mere Artistic Lapses Primeval

Author:Karl Blossfeldt

“We had very good discussions on current security challenges and NATO's continued adaptation to meet them. Canada is a committed ally and a capable contributor to international security. We appreciate your quick decision to deploy forces, planes and ships to strengthen our collective defence in view of Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine, as well as your contribution to the international anti-ISIL coalition. Canada plays a major part in our decision-making and helps keep the vital bond between Europe and North America strong.”

“I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short five minutes became our keystone to unlocking a strangely seductive score that tensions the aggressive force of the White Stripes with the enigmatic beauty of Talbot's own compositions.”

“Trapped in the bureaucracy nightmare, real families suffer when the big banks and their servicers force foreclosures. The emotional toll on children packing up their rooms and on parents struggling to find a temporary roof is a deep one.”

“United States and Coalition forces will remain in Iraq and will operate under American command as part of a multinational force authorized by the United Nations.”

States Force Nations United United States Iraq Command United Nations Coalitions Multinationals

Author:Jim Gerlach

“I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.”

Character Age School Force Air Military Discipline Six Strength Of Character Air Force Military School

Author:Larry Hagman

“Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.”

Ifs Writing Force Differences Acting Personality Pages Good Acting

Author:Larry Hagman

“It is no coincidence that when the thugs tried to wrest control over Grenada, there were 30 Soviet advisors and hundreds of Cuban military and paramilitary forces on the island.”

War Force Military Cold Islands Soviet Cold War Coincidence Cuban Thug Advisors Grenada

Book:Ronald Reagan

Source: Ronald Reagan

“In dealing with Syria's dictator...only force counts. No cease-fire was attainable in Lebanon until the 16-inch guns of the battleship New Jersey started shelling Syria's proxies; suddenly, sweet reason prevailed in Damascus.”

War Reason Force Peace Fire Sweet Gun Cease Inches Dictator Syria Jersey New Jersey Lebanon Proxy

Author:William Safire

“If there were 10,000 U.S. forces ashore [in Lebanon], authorized to move about, there would be less risk to American lives than there is with an immobile force of 1,300.”

Ifs War Would Be Moving Force Peace Risk American Life Lebanon

Author:George Will

“Paradoxically, the few eras of peace were times when men of war had high influence. The Pax Romana was enforced by Caesar's Legions. The Pax Brittanica was enforced by the Royal Navy and His Majesty's Forces.”

Men War Force Peace Influence Eras Royal Navy Majesty Legion Royal Navy

Author:Jerry Pournelle

“I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.”

Years Has Beens Shows Force Five Air Special Huge Amount London Five Years Troops Air Force

Author:Larry Hagman

“To force myself to earn more money, I determined to spend more.”

Force Money Determined More Money

Author:James Agate

“The Puritans came to America to worship in their way and to force everybody else to do the same thing.”

Way America Belief Force Worship Superstitions Puritan

Book:You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson

Source: You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson

“It was the sheer force of the letters themselves which brought forth the meaning, since the only link between the Sephirot of non-verbal Wisdom and verbal Intelligence was through the letters of the alphabet.”

Force Letters Mathematics Links Sheer Alphabet Letters Of The Alphabet

Author:Johanna Drucker

“Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To get butter, they must use guns; they have nothing else to use.”

Men Use Government Energy Force Gun Libertarian Cows Use Of Force Necessary Use Milking Cows

Author:Rose Wilder Lane

“Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will be singled out and held accountable.”

Today Force Clear Messages Responsible Syria Repression Sanctions

Author:William Hague

“We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You've seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated.”

Seems Force Doubt Progress No Doubt Reports Pulling Exaggerated Gaddafi

Author:William Hague

“We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya.”

Force Term Clear Involved Resolution Occupation Libya

Author:William Hague

“When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because you can force them to play it, but you can't force them to like it.”

Writing Firsts Play Song Force

Author:Mick Jagger

“There are always forces at work in a society, which are really forces of censorship - either religious bodies or zealots who are always putting pressure on things, whether it's books or art or film.”

Art Book Body Film Force Religious Pressure Censorship Zealot

Author:John Boorman

“Taking the money from drug operations and all that sort of stuff is something that goes past what most of us in society would expect a policeman should do. That temptation hits the police force at the same time as the temptation to take those drugs that are readily available hits the people on the streets.”

People Should Past Force Stuff Streets Drug Police Available Temptation Operations Policemen Police Force

Author:Denzel Washington

“I know that there is a force in the world and an energy that you can put out, and when you put out love it comes back to you. I think that's my basic philosophy.”

Thinking Knows World Philosophy Energy Force

Author:Jennifer Lopez

“We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare.”

World Years Long Country Problem Faces Given Force Lessons Majors Recovery Convince Afghanistan Warfare Magnitude Devastated Haul Lesson Learned Long Haul

Author:Alexander Haig

“Unfortunately, there are people in America, there are people in politics, there are people in positions of authority, who want to forcibly unarm, and force in to helplessness, American citizens.”

People Want America Force Position Citizens Authority Helplessness American Citizens

Author:Ted Nugent

“If you would force me to be unarmed and helpless I would have to do everything in my power to neutralize you... Peace and love will get you killed. That doesn't sound like a hippie.”

Ifs Force Sound And Love Helpless Hippie Peace And Love Unarmed

Author:Ted Nugent

“The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in the world.”

World Force Black Term Church Wonderful Wonderful Things Black Church

Author:Cornel West

“I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don't think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.”

Thinking World Should Kids Winning Force Sports Teach Share Losing Pressure Athlete Winning And Losing Professional Athlete

Author:Wayne Gretzky

“I know that I'm here - I believe that I'm here for a purpose. I believe in forces of fate.”

Knows Believe Purpose Force I Believe Fate I Believe In

Author:Ozzy Osbourne

“I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.”

Feels Firsts Force Black Responsibility Creation Bigger Sense Of Responsibility Humanness

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“Any military force should be dictated by the vital national security interests of the United States. And if and when we use force, we should use overwhelming force for a clearly stated objective. And then when we're done, we should get the heck out.”

Ifs Should States Done Use Force Interest United United States Security Military Objectives Overwhelming National Security Military Force Ifs And Overwhelming Force

Author:Ted Cruz

“China has seen a great deal of economic progress. It's certainly rather of a miracle. The growing role of the market in the economy will force China to open up its political system over time and to move toward a more democratic society. So taken as a whole, the one real failure in this whole business has been Russia.”

Has Beens Real Whole Moving Political Force Deals Roles Economy Taken Growing Progress Economic Miracle Democratic China Russia Political Systems Democratic Society Economic Progress

Author:Milton Friedman

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