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"Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily given for the future."
"Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing."
"I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides."
"We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us."
"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."
"ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice."
"On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life."
"I met some friends in the end of 10th, beginning of 11th, who were in the popular group so I finished off high school in that group and got to see both sides"
"To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful."
"In the Muslim world, this notion that somehow everything is the fault of the Israelis lacks balance - because there's two sides to every question. That doesn't mean that sometimes one side has done something wrong and should not be condemned. But it does mean there's always two sides to an issue. I say the same thing to my Jewish friends, which is you have to see the perspective of the Palestinians. Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen."
"My father could argue two sides of a Möbius Strip."
"Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds."
"There are two side to every issue."
"I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is."
"Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed."
"I am a man who believes with all fervor and intensity in moderate progress. Too often men who believe in moderation believe in it only moderately and tepidly and leave fervor to the extremists of the two sides - the extremists of reaction and the extremists of progress. Washington, Lincoln . . . are men who, to my mind, stand as the types of what wide, progressive leadership should be."
"Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it with effect, those who take the other will of course be hostile in proportion as they feel that effect."
"Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion two sides of the same coin."
"It's well known there's always two sides, if no more."
"The foundations of liberty are private property and the rule of law; this system guarantees the fewest possible forms of injustice, produces the greatest material and cultural progress, most effectively stems violence and provides the greatest respect for human rights. According to this concept of liberalism, freedom is a single, unified concept. Political and economic liberties are as inseparable as the two sides of a medal."
