- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
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Where lasting satisfaction actually comes from.
These lines circle a shared idea: real reward tends to come from something close and specific, whether that's careful scientific observation or simple daily companionship. A few even name horses, dogs, and the ocean as reliable sources of joy. Related reflections live under Life.
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take it to be from the greatest extremes, both in virtue and in vice, that the uniformly virtuous and reformed in life can derive the greatest and most salutary truths and impressions.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
For reasons that aren't quite clear I derive a weird and almost inappropriate pleasure from making a cake that looks like a decomposing log. Essentially, that's what a Buche de Noel is supposed to look like, complete with meringue 'mushrooms' poking out of the chocolate buttercream 'bark.'
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do have hobbies - I garden and bike, for example - but there's nothing in the world that gives me even a fraction of the pleasure that I derive from hanging around with my wife and daughter.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that I derive the same kind of spiritual fulfillment from what I do, being a planetary scientist, seeing our exploration of the solar system come to fruition. I get such a spiritual high from it that I don't even see the need for religion.
- Guidance
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor. In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Think of your existing power as the exponent in an equation that determines the value of information. The more power you have, the more additional power you derive from the new data.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trust in the great American ingenuity. We can derive more intelligent, more brain-friendly ways we can play football.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. A lot of evolutionists are very ethical people.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.
- Greatest Strength
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- Nov 07, 2020
The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.
- Her
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020