Quote by Herman Melville
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at tr

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. – Herman Melville

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The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. – Zora Neale Hurston

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True revolutionaries are like God – they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. – Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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It looks like the futures really bright. – Michael P. Anderson

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A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that youve talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it. – Patti Stanger

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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. – Samuel Butler

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A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate. – Donald Trump

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Here in the U.S., culture is not that delicious panacea which we Europeans consume in a sacramental mental space and which has its own special columns in the newspapers – Jean Baudrillard

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If I were to retire, I would keep my familys interest in the company the same and say, Dont sell. – Sheldon Adelson

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