"What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they must ever stand."
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"My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last."
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"Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind."
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"I believe that a culture of peace must be the essential foundation of our efforts for peace."
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"It is in the interests of all of us - the United States, China and the rest of the world - to make sure that the rules of the road are upheld. These rules and norms are part of the foundation of regional stability, and they have allowed nations across the region, including China, to grow and prosper."
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"Honorable Senators: My sincerest thanks I offer you. Conserve the firm foundations of our institutions. Do your work with the spirit of a soldier in the public service. Be loyal to the Commonwealth and to yourselves and be brief; above all be brief."
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"Hopefully I can finish my degree before I get done playing and work with my foundation."
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"Vary the pace. ... it is one of the foundations of all good acting."
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"I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down."
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"The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when necessity obliges him to make use of credit, to secure its foundations in that instance, and for ever, by the clearness and candor of his proceedings, the exactness of his calculations, and the solidity of his funds."
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"All the work I do is built on a foundation of loving-kindness. Love illuminates matters."
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"Time and time again when I talk to individuals about approaching love with will and intentionality, I hear the fear expressed that this will bring an end to romance. This is simply not so. Approaching romantic love from foundation of care, knowledge, and respect actually intensifies romance"
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"No human testimony can have such force as to prove a miracle, and make it a just foundation for any such system of religion"
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"When you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there, but what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you lay down. What a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons."
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"For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public."
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"Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey."
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"Any philosophy worth taking seriously would have to be built upon a firm foundation of unyielding despair."
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"After I brush on my moisturizer, I'll dip the same brush into foundation and mix it with the lotion to make tinted moisturizer."
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"I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame."
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"Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship."
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