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I've titled this book 'Eighty Is Not Enough' not just for the obvious play on words, but as a way of expressing the single idea that has governed my entire life, that every moment of life is precious, that every step we take is an adventure, that every day on earth is a gift from God. Dick Van Patten

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The men who founded and governed Massachusetts and Connecticut took themselves so seriously that they kept track of everything they did for the benefit of posterity and hoarded their papers so carefully that the whole history of the United States, recounted mainly by their descendants, has often appeared to be the history of New England writ large. Edmund Morgan

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Democracy demands that judges confine themselves to a narrow sphere of influence - that is why the late Alexander Bickel called the judiciary the 'Least Dangerous Branch.' In a world governed by a proper conception of their role, judges don't play at being legislators - they leave that job to our elected representatives. Edwin Meese

Democracy World Dangerous Job Judiciary Alexander Late Our Sphere Proper Demands Conception Judges Narrow Least Leave Governed Branch Role Representatives Confine Legislators Being Influence Themselves Elected Why Play

Men still have to be governed by deception. Georg C. Lichtenberg

Men Still Governed Deception

Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas. Gunter Grass

Life Class Cause Mind Become Earner State Melancholy Finds Exception Individual Mass Wage Governed Privilege Wherever Production Phenomenon

If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is all we require, and we should say that the phenomenon had been predicted, that it is governed by the laws. Henri Poincare

Situation Predict Say Approximation Laws Had Governed Been Same Predicted Succeeding Us Require Should Phenomenon

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. Henry Fielding

Characteristic Governed Affectation Whim

Starbucks has stores in America in many, many communities that are governed by many, many different municipalities. Starbucks cannot dictate to a municipality in Cincinnati or Kansas City or Sacramento how or why or when there should be a recycling program. Howard Schultz

Recycling Cincinnati City Sacramento How Governed Dictate America Different Stores Cannot Kansas Kansas City Should Communities Many Starbucks Why Program

Our partying was governed by licensing hours. When the pub or club shut, that would be it. Ian Gillan

Club Our Licensing Would Would-Be Hours Partying Governed Pub Shut

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. Jacques Delors

Distance Weakening Between Governed Governments Widening

Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those who rail against them that much more remarkable. Jasper Fforde

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively. And the net effect was, during my eight years, 1.3 million jobs were created. We left the state better off because I applied conservative principles in a purple state the right way, and people rose up. Jeb Bush

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The web's earliest architects and pioneers fought for their vision of freedom on the Internet at a time when it was still small forums for conversation and text-based gaming. They thought the web could be adequately governed by its users without their needing to empower anyone to police it. Jenna Wortham

Time Freedom Conversation Vision Police Internet Thought Adequately Web Architects Small Could Empower Without Still Governed Pioneers Anyone Gaming Forum Users Fought Earliest Needing

I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy. Joanna Lumley

I would rather be an independent senator, governed by my own views, going for the good of the country, uncontrolled by any thing which mortal man can bring to bear upon me, than to be president of the United States, put there as presidents of the United States have been for many years past. John C. Calhoun

Good Me Man Country Past Own President Presidents States Independent Would My Own Rather Bear Put Uncontrolled Mortal Governed Been Years Than Senator Any Going Which Views Many United United States Thing Bring

God was alive when this universe exploded into existence. He was alive when Socrates drank his poison. He was the living God when William Bradford governed Plymouth Colony. He was the living God in 1966 when Thomas Altizer proclaimed him dead and Time magazine absolutely absurdly put it on the front cover. John Piper

God Time Poison Living Universe Thomas Drank Alive William Magazine Plymouth Colony Absolutely He Put Absurdly Dead Him Governed Cover His Existence Front Proclaimed Exploded Socrates

The world cannot be governed without juggling. John Selden

World Without Governed Juggling Cannot

It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq. John Yoo

War Terrorism Important Differences Those Ghraib Recognize Signed Detained Both Abu Between Geneva Governed Been Iraq Conventions Which Treatment

I have been working with people on an individual basis for years to help them break habits and deal with anxiety. I've helped people with everything from fears, phobias, and stress right the way through to eczema - anything that is governed by our psyche and inner psychology. Keith Barry

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I deeply believe that if the Australian Labor Party, a party of which I have been a proud member for more than 30 years, is to have the best future for our nation, then it must change fundamentally its culture and to end the power of faceless men. Australia must be governed by the people, not by the factions. Kevin Rudd

Future Best Change Culture People Men Power Party Nation Believe Our Member Must Faceless More Factions Proud Governed Been Years End Australia Australian Labor Than Which Then Deeply Fundamentally By The People

Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap. Kimberly Elise

Ego Fall Never Governed Wanted Hollywood Trap

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