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For a country like ours that needs to stay ahead of the world or go under, we must do great, ambitious things - like going to the moon - to survive. Homer Hickam
Great Needs World Moon Country Ours Must Stay Like Go Ambitious Survive Going To Survive To The Moon Things
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year. Horatio Nelson
Truth Made Year Increasing Worn Our Ours Out Would Would-Be Finds Staying More He Know Hear His Than Often Order Fancy Boast Fleet Sea Port Suffers Keeping Night Kept
The notion that Western religions are more rigid than those of Asia is overdrawn. Ours is the most permissive society history has ever known - almost the only thing that is forbidden now is to forbid - and Asian teachers and their progeny play up to this propensity by soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's rules. Huston Smith
History Society Rules Those Ours Rigid Religions Propensity More Only Almost Buddhism Most Forbid Forbidden Known Hinduism Permissive Western Up Than The Only Thing Asia Asian Notion Teachers Now Ever Play Thing Progeny
Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream. Iris Murdoch
People Space Other Wavelength Distant Ours Some Pick Perhaps Hear Continuous Up Scream Planets
For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group. J. D. Vance
People Own Group Society Other Possess Ways Consistently Favor Ours Some Perceive About Percent Data Studied Scholars Implicit Biases How Affect Decades Which Us Prejudices Shows
What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor. Jack Kingston
Success Great Not Perfect Wish Endeavor Ours Folks Perfect Noble Know Democratic Democratic Process Still Behind Want Process Them Ethiopia Working
We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. James Baldwin
Experience Thought Our Ours Finding Had Perhaps Reactions Were Denied Deeds Even Beliefs
In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back. James Longstreet
Strong Back Say Ours Would About Case Give Federal Driven Hazardous Had Armies Least Been Very Being Which Them Position
But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event. Janet Suzman
Theatre Old Think Society Luxurious Immensely Ours Entertaining Exciting Like Affluent Repressive Event
Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity. Jean Cocteau
Mysteries Own Ours Above Mystery Known Gods Infinity
And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus. Jim Cantalupo
Business Discipline Focus Ours Requires
It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land. Jim Costa
Great You Matter Value Party Nation Accountability Our Characteristics Ours Member Great Nation Throughout Does American Land Competence
We're not going to be the fastest-growing or the biggest. I think there's plenty of room for a little old sandwich shop like ours. Jimmy John Liautaud
Old Think Plenty Ours Like Shop Going Biggest Little Room Sandwich
'SCTV' was the concept of a group ensemble doing satirical things. 'Saturday Night Live's sketches were broader than ours, more universal. Joe Flaherty
Live Group Ensemble Broader Ours More Concept Doing Were Than Sketches Satirical Saturday Saturday Night Things Universal Night
Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population. John Agyekum Kufuor
People Country Settled Despondency Sections Though Ours Room Poor Poor People Should Large Even Population Now
By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line. John Byng
Time Great Enemy Past Stretching Too Distance Ours Van Some Perceived New Line New Line Were Ships Going Six Form Engage Imagined
I saw that the incorporation of Texas into this Union would be indispensable both to her safety and ours. I saw that it was impossible she could stand as an independent power between us and Mexico without becoming the scene of intrigue of foreign powers, alike destructive of the peace and security of both Texas and ourselves. John C. Calhoun
Peace Safety Impossible Power Saw Alike Ours Independent Intrigue Ourselves Destructive Security Would Would-Be Scene Both Indispensable Could Between Powers She Without Becoming Foreign Foreign Powers Texas Mexico Us Stand Union Her
The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would from ours; because something that must underlie and perhaps be even greater than sex is involved. John Desmond Bernal
Simple Mind Sex Complex Ours Must Would Something Almost Perhaps Involved Greater Because Than Differ Psychology Much Even
Baseball has better opening days and All-Star Games than the N.F.L. does. Ours stink. John Madden
Better Ours All-Star Opening Days Does Stink Than Games Baseball
We direct the destinies of a mighty continent. Our resources are unlimited: our means unbounded. If we be true to ourselves, the glory of other nations, in comparison to ours, shall resemble but a tale from the days of chivalry. John Tyler
Be True Other Our Resources Unlimited Destinies Ours Ourselves Direct Unbounded Shall True Tale Days Glory Continent Nations Chivalry Mighty Means Resemble Comparison
God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect. Joseph Butler
God Passion Affection Added Unmoved Ours Neither More Sees Unchanged Perfect He Almighty Like Sure Nor Hears God Almighty Infinitely Any Senses Then Manner Appetite Things
The pains felt by Asian countries are our own pains. Disaster in Asia is nothing but ours as well. Junichiro Koizumi
Own Nothing Our Ours Countries Disaster Well Felt Asia Asian Asian Countries Pains
There are ups and downs in so many relationships, but with Shah Rukh, there is deep love. There's no other way of communicating the respect and love I have for him. And I believe that ours will be a dynamic, and relationship and connect that will be forever. Karan Johar
Love Relationship Respect Ups And Downs Will Believe Other Relationships Way Ours Him Forever Ups Dynamic Communicating Connect Deep Many Deep Love Downs
Being a woman in control of a company - even a small private company, as ours was then - was so singular and surprising in those days that I necessarily stood out. In 1963, and for the first several years of my working life, my situation was certainly unique. Katharine Graham
Life Woman First Control Situation Several Those Ours Out Small Days Private Singular Surprising Years Stood Being Then Working Working Life Certainly Unique Company Even Necessarily
In Bulgaria, they use the Cyrillic alphabet, which is completely different from ours. You can't sound the words out, so you can't read street signs or packages in the grocery store! You have to rely on pictures and guesses. Katherine McNamara
You Words Signs Guesses Ours Out Rely Pictures Alphabet Read Sound Bulgaria Different Store Which Packages Grocery Grocery Store Use Street
I'm just going to be as honest as I can with my children and really try to build their character to be as strong as ours is. Kevin Federline
Character Strong Try Build Ours Going Just Children Really Honest
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