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John Biddle What shall befall me in the pursuance of this work, I refer to the disposal of Almighty God, whose glory is dearer to me, not only than my liberty, but than my life.
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Paul Di Filippo There must be a rule of thumb in pop-culture archaeology that states that the allure of any topic is inversely related to its assigned importance in the affairs of humanity. The more trivial the subject, the dearer it is to most of its partisans and the more worthy of scholarship. The smallest things in life often mean the most to people.
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Woodrow Wilson The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself
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Alexander Pushkin The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us then ten-thousand truths.
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John Oldham Ah, dearer than my soul. Dearer than light, or life, or fame.
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Ned Rifkin What they were trying to do was to invent a new visual language for the 20th century. And what they did was they took the Renaissance window -- one point perspective illusion -- and it's as if they took a piece of glass over this painting and shattered it, creating all these fragments and planes. And then took those planes together and reassembled it.
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Evan Bayh We can do better than the false bravado of 'bring 'em on' remember that? We can do better than the illusion of 'mission accomplished,'
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Al Pacino Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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Chogyam Trungpa Disappointment results from the removal of illusion.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.
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Charles Manson The Charlie Manson that you've created, that's not me. That's only an illusion in your minds, it hasn't got anything to do with me.
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Martin Seligman There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
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Carole King Only love is real...everything else is illusion
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Carlos Santana Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.