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Among a large class, there seemed to be a dependence upon the government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class had little ambition to create a position for themselves, but wanted the federal officials to create one for them. How many times I wished then and have often wished since, that by some power of magic, I might remove the great bulk of these people into the country districts and plant them upon the soil – upon the solid and never deceptive foundation of Mother Nature, where all nations and races that have ever succeeded have gotten their start – a start that at first may be slow and toilsome, but one that nevertheless is real.

Large Dependency Ambition Creat
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“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.”

Problem Determination Carry Dream
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I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I’m either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren’t attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.

Grow Love Body Attractive
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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

About Again Being Damn
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In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground.

Group Ground Broken Stopped
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.

About Familiar First Form
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Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

After Afterwards Battle Been
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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.

Beauty Cloak Drop Even
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Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?

Ever First Loved Sight
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Accursed be he that first invented war.

First Invented War Accursed
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With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight-but it hasn't happened to me yet.

About Believe First Get
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

Able Culture Enough First
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I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do this, you're on your own because I'm not traipsing around London ever again like that. It's a nightmare.

Was Modelling Started End
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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

First Deadly Invaluable Whole
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There's something fascinating about seeing something you don't like at first but directly know you will love—in time. People are that way, all through life. You come against a personality, and it questions yours. You shy away but know there are gratifying secrets there, and the half-open door is often more exciting than the wide.

Doors People Personality
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I love Twitter! At first I made fun of it, because it is very narcissistic, and there's already so much narcissism flowing in this industry, I was like, 'Really, one more?' So I was against it at first.

Love Twitter At First
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Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.

Ally Along Even First
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Storms of every sort, torrents, earthquakes, cataclysms, 'convulsions of nature,' etc., however mysterious and lawless at first sight they may seem, are only harmonious notes in the song of creation, varied expressions of God's love.

Creation Earthquakes Etc Every
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Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Rome Create Empire Meeting
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The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, 'Oh, it's a girl. She's got blond hair and she's not out of shape,' and then they say, 'Gosh, it's Marilyn Monroe!'

Because Blond First Girl
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All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter.

Blush Contain First Matter
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You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

Always Feels First Had
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I have stayed true to that first idea that people can have a day in their lives that is very important and if they can reconnect with that day, reconnect with the people they were then, they can suddenly revive their emotions.

Day Emotions First Idea
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With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look - for dizzier heights.

Attitude Dizzy Height Climb
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I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems.

Believe Connection First Love
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.

Career Compromise First Get
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At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months.

Down Few First Gotten
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I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

Always Bigger First Good
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At first I felt dizzy - not with the kind of dizziness that makes the body reel but the kind that's like a dead emptiness in the brain, an instinctive awareness of the void.

Body Dizzy Reel Kind
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Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.

Uncomfortable Considerable Honor
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I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

AGoodThing Against Discipline Energies
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The hypothesis of matter's being at first evenly spread through the heavens is, in my opinion, inconsistent with the hypothesis of innate gravity without a supernatural power to reconcile them, and therefore, it infers a deity.

Being Deity First Gravity
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I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.

Change Draft Edit Fiddle
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I believe in love at first sight for houses - but not for people.

Believe First Houses Love
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I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.

About Bothered Come Deal
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At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.

Character Doing First Gonna
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I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first.

Manner Diamond Truth See it
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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.

Achievement Acorn Angel Bird
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The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe finds his greatest pleasure, at first, in hunting up the memorials of the past. Each is in quest of novelty, and is burning with the desire to gaze at objects of which he has often read.

America American Burning Delight
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I just don't believe in love at first sight anymore, even though I've based my whole career on the concept. In my experience, power, money and influence always attract the opposite sex. It's something that I've always exploited - with good results.

Don't believe Love First sight Career
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It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight.

Great deal Christianity Uncivilized Failing
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has it ever occurred to people that love at first sight might be the rule rather than the exception? How many people fall in love gradually rather than on the first occasion they meet the other person?

Ever occurred People Love First sight
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Every really new idea looks crazy at first.

New idea Looks crazy At first
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As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what

As kids Not taught Deal with Success
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At first you can stand the spotlight in your eyes. Then it blinds you. Others can see you, but you cannot see them.

Stand Spotlight Blinds See
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Don’t worry that you can’t seem to come up with sure billion dollar winners at first. Just do projects for yourself for fun. You’ll get better and better.

Don't worry Winners Project Fun
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It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.

Strange Feels Foward First
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So childhood too feels good at first, before one happens to notice the terrible sameness, age after age

Childhood Feels Happens Age
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