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"The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began."

"The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Life, Nature, Science, Rules

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"My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs."

"My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs."

Cleveland Abbe, American Scientist

Life, Ignorance, Popular, Weather

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"And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something."

"And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something."

John Frusciante, American Musician

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"I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama."

"I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Life, Drama, Living

44

"In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort."

"In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort."

Alvin Ailey, American Dancer

Life, Business, Effort

44

"The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me."

"The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me."

Rick Moranis, Canadian Actor

Life, Opportunity, Now

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"A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust."

"A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust."

Robert Casey, American Politician

Life, Abortion, Americans

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"Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language."

"Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

44

"It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use."

"It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

Life, Peace, Stability, Tools

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"But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman."

"But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

Life, Acting, Past, Years

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"I want my life to effect the balance to the positive."

"I want my life to effect the balance to the positive."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

Life, Positive, Balance, Effect

44

"Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread."

"Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread."

Jeanne Calment, French Celebrity

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"My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life."

"My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life."

Maria Monk, Canadian Celebrity

Life, Time, Marriage, Canada

44

"This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers."

"This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers."

James Howell, British Writer

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"Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third."

"Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third."

Marge Piercy, American Writer

Life, Love, First, Understanding

44

"The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life."

"The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

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"Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life."

"Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life."

Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

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"September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11."

"September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11."

Bill Frist, American Politician

Life, Purpose, America, Duty

44

"The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?"

"The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?"

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

Life, End, Meaning, Measure

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"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

Willie Nelson, American Musician

Life, Blessings

44

"Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales."

"Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales."

Walter Ulbricht, German Politician

Life, Gifts, Heaven

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"My entire life has been a lie."

"My entire life has been a lie."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

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"My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand."

"My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand."

Frederick Reines, American Physicist

Life, Music, Childhood

44

"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

Life, Truth, Doubt

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"What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it."

"What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Life, Love, Adventure

44

"Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical."

"Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Life, Politics, Policy, Heart

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"I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life."

"I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life."

Jerome K. Jerome, English Author

Life, Fun, Joy, Sadness

44

"I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?"

"I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?"

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

Life, May, Sound

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"There the union of Church and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members of the body of Christ. Here there is no such influence to destroy spiritual life and power."

"There the union of Church and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members of the body of Christ. Here there is no such influence to destroy spiritual life and power."

Josiah Strong, American Clergyman

Life, Power, Church, Body

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"Painting completed my life."

"Painting completed my life."

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

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"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

Morrie Schwartz, American Educator

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"Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we should say no."

"Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we should say no."

William Glasser, American Psychologist

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"Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down."

"Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down."

Malcolm Cowley, American Critic

44

"Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall ever have a beginning."

"Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall ever have a beginning."

John Henry Newman, British Clergyman

Life, Fear, Beginning, End

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"The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause."

"The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause."

Gustav Mahler, Austrian Composer

Life, Failure, Applause, Opinion

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"When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life."

"When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life."

Whitney Houston, American Musician

Life, Mother, Loneliness

44

"I've never done Botox in my life. But I've probably tried everything else under the sun."

"I've never done Botox in my life. But I've probably tried everything else under the sun."

Ryan Seacrest, American Entertainer

44

"I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living."

"I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living."

Robert Henri, American Artist

Life, Art, Living

44

"Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life."

"Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

Life, Men, Difficulties

44

"Over the long haul of life on this planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants."

"Over the long haul of life on this planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants."

Stewart Udall, American Politician

44

"A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere."

"A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere."

Rebecca West, Irish Author

Life, Men, Hatred

44

"The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail... and I'd never heard it before in my life."

"The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail... and I'd never heard it before in my life."

Bernice Johnson Reagon, American Musician

Life, Time, First, Meeting

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"I am a happy man. I've had a good life."

"I am a happy man. I've had a good life."

John Lee Hooker, American Musician

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"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

Nora Ephron, American Author

Life, Rest, Want

44

"Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life."

"Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Life, Movies, Time, Film

44

"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more."

"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Life, Opportunity, Privilege, Responsibility

44

"In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance."

"In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance."

Tiger Woods, American Athlete

Life, Balance, Importance, Spiritual

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"Life is God's novel. Let him write it."

"Life is God's novel. Let him write it."

Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

44

"Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant, that it was the living part of the plant, that which manifested the life and did the work in vegetable as well as in animal organisms."

"Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant, that it was the living part of the plant, that which manifested the life and did the work in vegetable as well as in animal organisms."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

Life, Work, Living

44

"The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process."

"The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process."

Mary McCarthy, American Author

Life, Labor, State

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