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"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power not longer susceptible of any definition."
"Speaking for the one field which I feel definitely qualified to comment on, I fully believe the animated picture will emerge as one of the greatest mediums, not only of entertainment but also of education."
"Absurdism, like methodical doubt, has wiped the slate clean. It leaves us in a blind alley. But, like methodical doubt, it can, by returning upon itself, open up a new field of investigation, and in the process of reasoning then pursues the same course. I proclaim that I believe in nothing and that everything is absurd, but I cannot doubt the validity of my proclamation and I must at least believe in my protest."
"There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only reality."
"A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field."
"When the Kiwis ran onto the field we could see the poor bastards were shitting themselves."
"I never perceived a contradiction in the political revolutionary field between the ideas I maintained and the idea of that symbol, that extraordinary figure who had been so familiar to me since I began to reason."
"History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is given prominence and holds the field."
"God is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field."
"I have been a wanderer among distant fields. I have sailed down mighty rivers."
"You rest now. Rest for longer than you are used to resting. Make a stillness around you, a field of peace. Your best work, the best time of your life will grow out of this peace."
"I've given everything I can possible to the game, on and off the field."
"Success comes when you do what you love to do, and commit to being the best in your field."
"Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished, I'll hang my head and perish."
"Cryptography has generated number theory, algebraic geometry over finite fields, algebra, combinatorics and computers."
"Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner."
"In the LBO field there is a buried "covariance" with marketable equities, toward disaster in generally bad business conditions, and competition is now extremely intense."
"My heavenly citizenship makes the whole world a foreign mission field."
"My thing is, and I've always been this way - to get to know as many people as I possibly can on a personal level, so that way, when you get on the football field, you've got your buddy right beside you, and you're ready to go."
"Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system."
