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They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings?

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Anything Assert Behold Beings Blind Could Effects Intelligent More Pretend Produced Productive Talk Than Unreasonable Various Very Who World

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Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Absurd Act Arbitrary Atheists Could Creation Creator Govern Laws Might Rules Say Seems Since Them Those Thus Which Without World Would

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I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Concentrate Could Determination Diligence Done Habits Myself Never Order Punctuality Subject Time Without

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Little Red Riding Hood was my first love. I felt that if I could have married Little Red Riding Hood, I should have known perfect bliss.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Bliss Could Felt First First Love Hood If I Could Known Little Love Married Perfect Red Riding Should

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If Freddie Mac is unable to raise capital, it could spark a political and financial crisis.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Capital Could Crisis Financial Financial Crisis Mac Political Raise Spark Unable

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Back when Detroit was the head of auto manufacturing, it was clear where profits were created. Right? A car was made in Detroit. There was little argument that you could make that some of the money from that should be sent overseas to Ireland.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Argument Auto Back Car Clear Could Created Detroit Head Ireland Little Made Make Manufacturing Money Overseas Profits Right Sent Should Some Were Where You

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As homeowners see the value of their homes decline, they become more likely to delay purchases of the big items - like automobiles, electronics and home appliances - that are ballasts of the American economy. When those purchases decline, large manufacturing firms, suddenly short on funds, could begin laying off employees.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: American American Economy Appliances Automobiles Become Begin Big Could Decline Delay Economy Electronics Employees Funds Home Homes Items Large Laying Like Likely Manufacturing More Off Purchases See Short Suddenly Those Value

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The Moon was the most spectacularly beautiful desert you could ever imagine. Unspoilt. Untouched. It had a vibrancy about it and the contrast between it and the black sky was so vivid, it just made this impression of excitement and wonder.

~Charles Duke

Topics: About Beautiful Between Black Contrast Could Desert Ever Excitement Had Imagine Impression Just Made Moon Most Sky Vivid Wonder You

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Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job you could have as a test pilot was being an astronaut, so I volunteered.

~Charles Duke

Topics: Advert After Astronaut Astronauts Being Best Could Got Job Months More Nasa Out Pilot Recruiting Said Saw School Test Two Volunteered You

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It certainly is possible to construct a moon base in such a way that crews could stay for extended periods of time.

~Charles Duke

Topics: Base Certainly Construct Could Extended Moon Periods Possible Stay Such A Way Time Way

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