William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Poise the cause in justice's equal scales, Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails."
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Beam
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Robert Anton Wilson
Author, Philosopher
"I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here."
David Foster
Author
"Whitney Houston was a laser beam ... She always gave me better than what I asked for in the studio"
Agnes Martin
Artist
"Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life"
Joseph Campbell
Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer
"There's something inside you that knows when you're in the center, that knows when you're on the beam or off the beam. And if you get off the beam to earn money, you've lost your life. And if you stay in the center and don't get any money, you still have your bliss."
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"Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man."
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"Step not beyond the beam of the balance."
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"Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves. Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound; When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam; Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still."
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"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."
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"We are here to learn to endure the beams of love"
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"[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine."
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"In off the moors, down through the mist beams, god-cursed Grendel came greedily loping."
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"All Thing Serve the Beam"
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