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Nature Quotes
"It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole."
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"Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself."
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"The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture so a very important part of getting performances from them was just letting them be and trying to capture the unique spirituality that was in each of them."
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"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."
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"We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language."
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"Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible opportunities for the development of theoretical knowledge, enabling us to learn ever more and more about the nature of living bodies and the soil."
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"The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploration."
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"In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region."
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"Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow."
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"We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step."
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"Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters."
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"To eat steak rare... represents both a nature and a morality."
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"I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature."
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"Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature."
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"Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!"
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"Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it."
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"It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line."
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"Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature."
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"The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious."
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"It's to surprise people about something that is extremely well known. I mean human reproduction, the human body, nature and so on. To surprise them with a new technique."
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"One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls."
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"It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial."
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"No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments."
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"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."
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"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."
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"Everything in the world has its reasons for doing what it does. The wind has its reasons. We just don't notice as we go about our lives. But then, at some point, we are made to notice. The wind envelops you with a certain purpose in mind, and it rocks you. The wind knows everything that's inside you. And not just the wind. Everything, including a stone. They all know us very well. From top to bottom. It only occurs to us at certain times. And all we can do is go with those things. As we take them in, we survive, and deepen."
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"There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain."
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"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased."
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