"Activity that perishes, that is not productive of the eternal, of the lasting, is of very little use."
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"Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press, knows that on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper."
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"Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good."
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"You cannot cause disproportionate damage to the environment; you cannot harm neutral states. The court said that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is generally contrary to the international law of armed conflict."
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"Strong families use the word "we" a lot, but "I" is never forgotten. Family members know they have the freedom to go off on their own, even if the direction is one that "we" have never followed before. The family message is, "We're behind you, so you can be you.""
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"There is an old saying "well begun is half done"-'tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all 'til half done."
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"Guerrilla marketing requires you to comprehend every facet of marketing, experiment with many of them, winnow out the losers, double up on the winners, and then use the marketing tactics that prove themselves to you in the battleground of real life."
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"The ignorance of how to use knowledge stockpiles exponentially."
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"Modesty is of no use to a beggar."
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"It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be enraged when they should be. Indeed, they will be mentally healthier if they do not suppress rage, but vent it constructively and use its energy peacefully but forcefully to cripple the operations of an oppressive society. Civil disobedience can utilize the militance wasted in riots to seize clothes or groceries many do not even want."
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"Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing"
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"Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God-but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work."
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"The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little."
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"Do not use thought to ground a political practice in Truth; nor political action to discredit, as mere speculation, a line of thought. Use political practice as an intensifier of thought, and analysis as a multiplier of the forms and domains for the intervention of political action."
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"If excitement is a mechanism our Creator uses for His own amusement, love is something that belongs to us alone and enables us to flee the Creator. Love is our freedom. Love lies beyond "Es Muss sein!"
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"Loneliness and the feeling that you're no use to anyone - the worst kind of poverty."
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"Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly."
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"…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use."
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"I use my power wisely. I am strong ,and I am safe. All is well."
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"We just do not see how very specialized the use of "I know" is."
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