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What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Beauty Breadth Captive Development Fences Get Held Human Human Nature Must Nature Over Power She Which Within Woman

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For any sport to be sustainable, it cannot survive on government or corporate grants alone. The sporting ecosystem needs more investments from businesses, and businesses need to see the returns from their investment in sport. Cricket has achieved that distinction, but I feel a country of a billion-plus people cannot remain captive to one sport.

~Anand Mahindra

Topics: Achieved Alone Any Businesses Cannot Captive Corporate Country Cricket Distinction Ecosystem Feel Government Grants Investment Investments More Need Needs People Remain Returns See Sport Survive Sustainable I Feel

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By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.

~Angelus Silesius

Topics: Art Bound Captive Found Free Lost Thou Will

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In the winter of 1973, the American POWs held captive in Vietnam were released according to the terms of the Paris Peace Accords.

~Annie Jacobsen

Topics: According American Captive Held Paris Peace Pows Released Terms Vietnam Were Winter

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I thought of school as a captive audience. It gave me a chance to work on my material.

~Bonnie Hunt

Topics: Audience Captive Chance Gave Material Me School Thought Work

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Try not to be either intimidated by or a captive of jargon. Even though it's language, and language is about communication, it often exists actually to obfuscate and to control power and not to communicate.

~Christie Hefner

Topics: About Actually Captive Communicate Communication Control Either Even Exists Intimidated Jargon Language Often Power Though Try

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I never thought I could learn much from a dog or cat. They sleep when we sleep. They eat when we eat. I'm into observing animals being as wild as they can be in a captive environment.

~Dominic Monaghan

Topics: Animals Being Captive Cat Could Dog Eat Environment Learn Much Never Observing Sleep Thought Wild

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Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony.

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Anarchism Captive Forces Great Harmony Held Him Individual Liberator Man Phantoms Social Two

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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Become Captive Desires Discipline Find Freedom Liberty Seek Your

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