"... the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives."
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"We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth."
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"I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training."
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"Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness."
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"Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. And being restrain'd it by degrees becomes passive till it is only the shadow of desire."
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"There is nothing one fears more or is more ashamed of than not being oneself. Yet few people realize even an approximation of their true potential. Most people must live with varying degrees of the shame and fear of not being fully in control of themselves."
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"Any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm."
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"A country whose buildings are of wood, can never increase in its improvements to any considerable degree.... Whereas when buildings are of durable materials, every new edifice is an actual and permanent acquisition to the state, adding to its value as well as to its ornament."
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"Any information is valuable to the degree that you can use it."
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"I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other."
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"Science is a dynamic undertaking directed to lowering the degree of the empiricism involved in solving problems; or, if you prefer, science is a process of fabricating a web of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiments and observations and fruitful of further experiments and observations."
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"No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized."
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"My life was sweeter than other people's and my death will be more terrible by the same degree."
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"The degree of a nation’s civilization can be seen in the way it treats its prisoners"
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"You have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you."
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"The blood of a redheaded woman is three degrees cooler than the blood of a normal woman. This has been established by medical studies."
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"A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.'"
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"Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing."
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"We do not strive for spectacular actions. What counts is the gift of yourself, the degree of love you put into each of your deeds."
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"It is impossible to foretell the future with any degree of accuracy, that it is impossible to rehearse life. A fault in the scenery, a face in the audience, an interruption of the audience on to the stage, and all our carefully planned gesture mean nothing, or mean too much."
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