"History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth."
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"Do not try to be what you are not, be what you are. The Universe has a built in truth recognizer, what ever is false about you, it will expose to light, either through you or others, pay attention."
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"Nothing in this world is more inspiring than a soul up against crippling circumstances who carries it off with courage and faith and undefeated character-nothing! See Light From Many Lamps, edited by L. E. Watson, article by H. E. Fosdick, pp. 93-94 re: a serious cripple who succeeded."
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"The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out."
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"I can't let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film"
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"My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and groping in social blindness."
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"How important the concept of God is, and how instead of valuing what has been given us, we with light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have been attached to it."
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"Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine."
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"You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition."
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"It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others."
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"The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have it from the South, keep the window screened with cloth, so that with the sun shining the whole day the light may not vary. The height of the light so arranged as that every object shall cast a shadow on the ground of the same length as itself."
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"Some months ago we discovered that certain light elements emit positrons under the action of alpha particles. Our latest experiments have shown a very striking fact: when an aluminium foil is irradiated on a polonium preparation [alpha ray emitter], the emission of positrons does not cease immediately when the active preparation is removed: the foil remains radioactive and the emission of radiation decays exponentially as for an ordinary radio-element. We observed the same phenomenon with boron and magnesium."
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"There is no light in earth or heaven but the cold light of stars; and the first watch of night is given to the red planet Mars."
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"Creation is not a light-hearted game. The creator commits to a terrible adventure, which is to take up-on himself all of the dangers that his creatures run."
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"Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel... City of Night?"
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"I've been breastfeeding for two years. I could light the gas ring with my nipples."
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"Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off."
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"The two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light."
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"What I get in rock 'n' roll that I don't get in movies is that connection with people. With music it's instantaneous, and just to watch people light up, it's really amazing. I love that connection."
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"The modern hero-deed must be that of questing to bring to light again the lost Atlantis of the co-ordinated Soul."
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