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Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom consume the produce of ten times, frequently of a hundred times more labour than the greater part of those who work; yet the produce of the whole labour of the society is so great, that all are often abundantly supplied, and a workman, even of the lowest and poorest order, if he is frugal and industrious, may enjoy a greater share of the necessaries and conveniencies of life than it is possible for any savage to acquire.

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The secrets of evolution are death and time-the deaths of enormous numbers of lifeforms that were imperfectly adapted to the environment; and time for a long succession of small mutations.

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Wealth is the number of things one can do without.

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Disease increases in proportion to the increase in the number of doctors in a place.

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Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic animals and birds in the prison. And I wonder what other activity could better have softened and refined their harsh and brutal natures than this. But it was not allowed. Neither the regulations nor the nature of the prison made it possible.

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Equality is of two kinds, numerical and proportional; by the first I mean sameness of equality in number or size; by the second, equality of ratios.

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A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public

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I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they'll do wonders. I count on them.

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I have lived to prove Thoreau's contention that a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

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I would love to do Broadway. I dont think theres anything more amazing than theater. OK, Supergirl is number one. Maybe I could be Supergirl on Broadway That would be perfect.

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The importance of a problem should not be judged by the number of pages devoted to it.

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The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth.

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I have had a number of threatening letters each week, some telling me the actual time and method of my death, and I don't like it.

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Although the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projections .. imply continued good economic performance in the United States.

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I am ill at these numbers.

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If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice.

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A number of people walk up to me and say, "You're much taller than I thought."

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A number of current theoretical explorations will turn out to be passing fancies...

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Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths.

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...What are numbers knit By force or custom? Man who man would be, Must rule the empire of himself; in it Must be supreme, establishing his throne On vanquished will, quelling the anarchy Of hopes and fears, being himself alone.

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