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“The four horsemen of the prairie are tornado, locust, drought, and fire, and the greatest of these is fire, a rider with two faces because for everything taken, it makes a return in equal measure.”

Two Faces Taken Fire Four Return Equal Riders Drought Prairie Tornadoes Horsemen Four Horsemen

Book:PrairyErth: A Deep Map

Source: PrairyErth: A Deep Map

“Government can only do two things: It can beat people up and kill them. Or it can threaten to do so. When it seems to be doing something else - for example, handing out money or, say, surplus cheese - what's actually going on is that something has been taken away from one set of individuals by deadly force or the threat of deadly force, a hefty middleman's fee deducted, and whatever is left thrown to peasants delighted to receive stolen goods.”

People Has Beens Two Seems Government Individual Left Force Taken Example Beats Threat Two Things Thrown Goods Cheese Stolen Peasants Delighted Fees Surplus Middlemen Deadly Force

Author:L. Neil Smith

“The Saviour and the Comforter, two Persons of the Godhead: the One ever saves from sins, and the Other comforts him who is saved. Their very names are taken from their deeds, and are always actually justified. He comforts! The Holy Spirit comforts the believing soul, as a mother comforts her child.”

Believe Children Persons Two Soul Spirit Mother Names Sin Taken Holy Comfort Deeds Saved Holy Spirit Justified Saviour Comforter

Author:John of Kronstadt

“They think my father has a lack of concern for human rights, but regardless of details, the Americans should be humanitarian in dealing with his family, because we are human. Saddam has three young ladies and they have children, I have five, Rana has four, and Hala has two. Therefore, our father is very dear to us. His grandchildren love him a lot. Why aren't humanitarian factors taken into account?”

“Economics as a discipline has in effect become the study of capitalism. The two are taken as the same subject.”

Two Study Taken Subjects Effects Discipline Capitalism Economics

Author:John Lanchester

“The man who has successfully solved the problem of his relations with the two worlds of data and symbols is a man who has no beliefs. With regard to the problems of practical life he entertains a series of working hypotheses, which serve his purposes, but are taken no more seriously than any other kind of tool or instrument. In other words, symbols should never be raised to the rank of dogmas, nor should any system be regarded as more than a provisional convenience.”

Men World Should Kind Two Problem Purpose Belief Taken He Man Tools Relation Regard Instruments Series Raised Practicals Symbols Data Dogma Hypothesis Convenience Two Worlds Practical Life

Author:Aldous Huxley

“It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other.”

Ifs Mind Mean Has Beens Said Two Purpose Taken Crosses Army Superiors Inferiors Variance

Book:The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

“The Bactrian have two humps; the Arabian one only. They are swift in battle and most useful to carry burdens. This animal is extremely observant of rule and measure, for it will not move if it has a greater weight than it is used to, and if it is taken too far it does the same, and suddenly stops and so the merchants are obliged to lodge there.”

Ifs Doe Two Moving Used Animal Taken Greater Battle Weight Burden Obliged Merchants Observant Lodges Arabian

Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

“Photos should focus on your waist up, unless you have amazing legs. Then it's okay to include one or two full-body shots in your gallery. The majority of your photos should be closer up, highlighting your face. Don't stage a smile. Instead, try to laugh just before the shot is taken. Flirty smiles that don't look cheesy also work. Make eye contact with the camera. Aim to take most of your photos outdoors.”

Should Trying Looks Two Body Eye Faces Laughing Taken Focus Stage Shots Okay Aim Cameras Majority Legs Contact Your Face Gallery Cheesy Flirty Eye Contact Highlighting

Author:Amy Webb

“You can offer the ability to citizens to choose from one of the two parties and elect their leaders as much as you want. But "democracy" is an illusion - a sham - if the most significant acts taken by those leaders are kept concealed from the citizenry.”

Ifs Want Two Ability Party Leader Democracy Taken Citizens Offers Illusion Significant Concealed Citizenry

Author:Glenn Greenwald

“Theologians will protest that the story of Abraham sacrificing Issac should not be taken as literal fact. And the appropriate response is twofold: first, many, many people even to this day, do take the whole of their Scripture to be literal fact, and they have a great deal of political power over the rest of us, especially in the United States and in the Islamic world. Second, if not of literal fact, how should we take the story? As an alagory? Then an alagory for what? Surely, nothing praiseworthy. As a moral lesson? But what kind of morals could one derive from this appalling story?”

“To be rationally minded, the mental process of the intuitive appears to work backward. His conclusions are reached before his premises. This is not because the steps which connect the two have been omitted, but because those steps are taken by the unconscious.”

Has Beens Two Process Steps Taken Conclusion Unconscious Intuitive Premises

Author:Frances G. Wickes

“I have always taken the view that one should never hold against a man anything he says after twelve o'clock at night or after a glass or two of anything.”

Men Should Two Night Views Taken Glasses Clock Twelve

Book:Espresso Tales

Source: Espresso Tales

“It's funny, because it's like the fight when you watch it, it's probably going to be like five minutes, but it's taken us like a month to shoot it so I think what was really interesting was that instead of going through an entire fight sequence, you're doing one or two moves over and over and over, so I'd say it's less exhausting than actually training, because you're not really constantly going over the choreography, like the whole entire thing with everybody. You're just doing that one part that they need in the shot.”

Thinking Needs Two Whole Moving Fighting Interesting Watches Taken Five Minutes Months Training Shots Five Minutes Sequence Really Interesting Exhausting Choreography

Author:Ellen Wong

“Let me die fighting. Two years of physical suffering have taken from me twenty years of life. But the soul changes not, does it? It is there, the same madcap - Atman - mad upon one idea, intent and intense.”

Years Doe Two Ideas Soul Suffering Dies Fighting Taken Let Me Twenties Mad Intense Two Years Atman Years Of Life

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“... I had a dream where I was taken to Heaven and brought into a beautiful library. There I was given two golden books that were covered with dust. The Lord told me they were golden treasure that was needed for the Body of Christ to have the knowledge to proceed and succeed in this hour.”

Two Book Dream Body Beautiful Given Heaven Christ Hours Lord Taken Needed Succeed Library Treasure Golden Dust Covered I Had A Dream Body Of Christ

Author:Bob Hartley

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