"Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say whatever's on his mind."
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"The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell."
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"I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect - completely removed in fact - even as we ourselves are."
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"Human beings are made of body, mind and spirit. Of these, spirit is primary, for it connects us to the source of everything, the eternal field of consciousness."
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"When you drink in nature through your senses, you deepen your awareness of the great silent intelligence flowing through all things. You nourish your mind, body, and spirit as you connect to the divine love of Being."
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"Before a brain can register a thought, a mind must think it... every step of the way is mind over matter... We override our brains all the time."
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"There's only one rule anyone connected with boxing must keep in mind - everything you here in boxing is a lie."
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"The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind."
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"It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too."
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"I still have the mentality of a 19-year-old mind."
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"The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind."
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"Don't you feel a change a coming From another side of time, Breaking down the walls of silence, Lifting shadows from your mind."
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"My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts."
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"The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear in mind that the activity of the mind in vividly recalling past impressions is one of the fundamental though secondary bases of conscience. This fact affords the strongest argument for educating and stimulating in all possible ways the intellectual faculties of every human being."
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"Anyone with an engineering frame of mind will look at [accounting standards] and want to throw up."
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"In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they first harmonized their families. Wishing to harmonize their families, they first cultivated themselves. Wishing to cultivate themselves, they first rectified their minds. Those who wished to rectify their minds first made their intentions sincere."
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"The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition."
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"Choose your enemies carefully 'cause they will define you Make them interesting 'cause in some ways they will mind you They're not there in the beginning but when your story ends Gonna last with you longer than your friend"
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"I...am an evolved being who deals solely with the source of light...in all of us in our own minds. No middleman required."
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"The mind has its arrangement; it proceeds from principles to demonstrations. The heart has a different mode of proceeding."
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