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Johannes Kepler Astronomer, Mathematician
Light

"Nothing which consists of corporeal matter is absolutely light, but that is comparatively lighter which is rarer, either by its own nature, or by accidental heat. And it is not to be thought that light bodies are escaping to the surface of the universe while they are carried upwards, or that they are not attracted by the earth. They are attracted, but in a less degree, and so are driven outwards by the heavy bodies; which being done, they stop, and are kept by the earth in their own place."

Light Done Escaping
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John Donne Poet, Cleric
Light

"Tis true, 'tis day; what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise, because 'tis light? Did we lie down, because 'twas night? Love which in spite of darkness brought us hither Should in despite of light keep us together."

Lying Light Night
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John F. Kennedy Politician
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"Science contributes to our culture in many ways, as a creative intellectual activity in its own right, as the light which has served to illuminate man's place in the universe, and as the source of understanding of man's own nature."

Men Light Creative
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John Green Author, YouTuber
Light

"The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light."

Past Light Eight
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John Locke Philosopher, Physician
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"Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God. . . ."

Light Father Truth
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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
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"Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any. Nothing is visible but the merest outline of dusky shapes. Standing within all is clear and defined; every ray of light reveals an army of unspeakable splendors."

Christian Light Army
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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
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"My entire delight was in observing without being myself noticed,- if I could have been invisible, all the better. . . to be in the midst of it, and rejoice and wonder at it, and help it if I could, - happier if it needed no help of mine, - this was the essential love of Nature in me, this the root of all that I have usefully become, and the light of all that I have rightly learned."

Light Nature Roots
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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
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"Every hue throughout your work is altered by every touch you add in other places."

Light Add Hue
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John Steinbeck Novelist, Journalist
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"Some days are born ugly. From the very first light they are no damn good what ever the weather, and everbody knows it. No one knows what causes this, but on such a day people resist getting out of bed and set their heels against the day. When they are finally forced out by hunger or job they find that the day is just as lousy as they knew it would be."

Jobs Light Weather
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Jonathon Keats Artist, Philosopher
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"I invented a camera that has an exposure time of one hundred years and the camera works in the simplest possible terms, because anything more complicated is more likely to break down in one way or another. It's a pinhole camera that lets in very low light and instead of exposing film, which is going to spoil within a matter of days or weeks, I'm using ordinary black paper."

Years Light Black
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Joseph Conrad Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"We looked at the venerable stream not in the vivid flush of a short day that comes and departs forever, but in the august light of abiding memories."

Light Memories August
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Joseph Joubert Essayist, Moralist
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"God multiplies intelligence, which communicates itself, like fire, ad infinitum. Light a thousand torches at one touch, the flame remains always the same."

Light Fire Flames
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Josh Smith Artist
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"It's a stage with four lights clamped to it with walls made out of plywood. And then my name's in the center. It's the type of thing that can be made over and over again. It's not like a Michelangelo sculpture."

Light Names Wall
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Joshua Reynolds Painter
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"The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view, all trifling, or artful play of little lights, or an attention to a variety of tints is to be avoided; a quietness and simplicity must reign over the whole work, to which a breadth of uniform and simple color will very much contribute."

Light Simple Air
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Joss Stone Singer-songwriter
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"It's nice to know that you're worth something and music really does put that kind of light back into you. Well, it does for me anyway. I've been through some very interesting times in my life and there is certain songs that I go to and I'm like, ok, it's not that bad."

Song Light Nice
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Joyce Meyer Author, Speaker
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"If you're in a workplace you don't like right now, be encouraged because God will use it for your good. Think about it this way: He wants you to be a light in the darkness - and He's putting His confidence in you!"

Thinking Light Darkness
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