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George Washington Military Leader, Politician

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"Upon the whole I doubt whether the Benefits of opposition to the Constitution opposition to the Constitution will not ultimately be productive of more good than evil; it has called forth, in its defence, abilities which would not perhaps have been otherwise exerted that have thrown a new light upon the science of government, It has given the rights of man a full and fair discussion, and explained them in so clear and forcible a manner, as cannot fail to make a lasting impression."

Men Light Rights

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Gideon Lewis-Kraus Author, Essayist

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"If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart's parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would have written something like this, the Bright Lights, Big City of the click-here-now generation."

Light Cities Parent

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist

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"It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light."

Light Happiness Easy

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist

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"The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still."

Mind Light Simple

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist

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"Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree."

Light Tree Lamps

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Graham Swift Author

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"London is like no other city I know in its ability to become beautiful. You can suddenly turn a corner and there are odd moments - of light, of weather."

Beautiful Light Cities

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Grant Morrison Comic Book Writer, Novelist

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"The first light had cast the first shadow."

Light Firsts Shadow

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Franz Kafka Writer

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"Faith, like a guillotine. As heavy, as light."

Light Heavy Guillotine

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Franz Kafka Writer

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"He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath."

Light Morning Reflection

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Franz Kafka Writer

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"Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light."

Moving Light Animal

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

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"Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street, because that's where the light is. It has no other choice."

Light Science Keys

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

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"You know, we have little bits of understanding, glimpses, a little bit of light here and there, but there's a tremendous amount of darkness, which is a challenge. I think life would be pretty boring if we understood everything. It's better if we don't understand anything and know that we don't, that's the important part."

Thinking Light Challenges

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Mario Video Game Character

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"What is the value of light when it no longer shines"

Light Shining Values

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter

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"In streams of light I clearly saw The dust you seldom see, Out of which the Nameless makes A Name for one like me... All busy in the sunlight The flecks did float and dance, And I was tumbled up with them In formless circumstance."

Light Names Dust

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Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, Inventor

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"There is no doubt that truth is to falsehood as light is to darkness; and so excellent a thing is truth that even when it touches humble and lowly matters, it still incomparably exceeds the uncertainty and falsehood in which great and elevated discourses are clothed; because even if falsehood be the fifth element of our minds, notwithstanding this, truth is the supreme nourishment of the higher intellects."

Light Truth Humble

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Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, Inventor

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"Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light."

Light Intelligent Darkness

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Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, Inventor

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"The first of all simple colours is White ... We shall set down White for the representative of light, without which no colour can be seen; Yellow for the earth; Green for water; Blue for air; Red for fire; and Black for total darkness."

Light Fire Air

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Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, Inventor

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"To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast."

Light White Air

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Leonardo DiCaprio Actor, Producer, Environmental Activist

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"I created my foundation as a result of that and my website, and I try to shed some light on some very topical issues right now. The idea is to try to get people to become obviously more knowledgeable about the issue and try to get corporations and individuals to contribute to these nonprofit organizations."

Ideas Light Organization

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Kenneth E. Iverson Computer Scientist

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"With the computer and programming languages, mathematics has newly-acquired tools, and its notation should be reviewed in the light of them. The computer may, in effect, be used as a patient, precise, and knowledgeable "native speaker" of mathematical notation."

May Light Tools

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