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I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature.

~Caspar David Friedrich

Topics: Alone Contemplate Feel Fully Nature Order Stay

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My favourite animal is the koala, but his life would be boring. I would rather be a giraffe so that I could contemplate the beauty of Africa.

~Caterina Murino

Topics: Africa Animal Beauty Boring Contemplate Could Favourite Giraffe His Koala Life Rather Would

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We can no longer contemplate a world in which public or private sector funds are used to bail out or recapitalize failing firms.

~Charles Dallara

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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Contemplate Existence Let Us Moral Us

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They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques.

~Colin Firth

Topics: Along Although Been Come Contemplate Day Every Every Day Me Million Offers Pay Resisting Spend Too

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There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

~Cyril Connolly

Topics: Another Avoidance Beginning Clear Contemplate Enough Equal Inflict Lives Lovers Made Our Our Lives Pain Rest Should Strong Two Union Which Who Wisdom

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People just hate the idea of losing. Any loss, even a small one, is just so terrible to contemplate that they compensate by buying insurance, including totally absurd policies like air travel.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Absurd Air Air Travel Any Buying Compensate Contemplate Even Hate Idea Including Insurance Just Like Losing Loss People Policies Small Terrible Totally Travel

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I fantasize that our politicians have been moved by the dialogues of Plato, and thus contemplate the ancient conflict of the sophists versus the lovers of truth.

~Daniel S. Loeb

Topics: Ancient Been Conflict Contemplate Fantasize Lovers Moved Our Plato Politicians Thus Truth Versus

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The history of blacks is complicated, fragmented, disturbing to contemplate - not a neat trail of challenges met or of felled trees blocking the path to the mountain top.

~Darryl Pinckney

Topics: Blacks Blocking Challenges Complicated Contemplate Disturbing Fragmented History Met Mountain Neat Path The History Of Top Trail Trees

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For years, I longed to hear Armstrong describe what it was like to contemplate Earth from 238,900 miles away. Former Space Center director George Abbey once told me that many NASA astronauts felt that looking at Earth was akin to a religious experience.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Abbey Armstrong Astronauts Away Center Contemplate Describe Director Earth Experience Felt Former George Hear Like Looking Many Me Miles Nasa Once Religious Religious Experience Space Years

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