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Quote Left There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. Quote Right
Quote Left The issue of whether taxpayer money needs, and should, be used for a religion-bashing kind of exhibit like that is a legitimate legal issue to be litigated. Maybe, some day, it will come up to the Supreme Court and we'll see what they might say on an issue like that. Quote Right
Quote Left Music has often been compared with language itself, and the comparison is quite legitimate. While it combines easily with actual language, it also speaks a language of its own, which it has become a platitude to call universal. To understand the significance of the organizing factors of rhythm, melody, harmony, tone color and form, the analogy of a familiar language is helpful. Music has its own alphabet of only seven letters, as compared with the twenty-six of the English alphabet. Each of these letters represents a note, and just as certain letters are complete words in themselves, so certain notes may stand alone, with the force of a whole word. Generally, however, a note of music implies a certain harmony, and in most modern music the notes take the form of actual chords. So it may be said that a chord in music is analogous to a word in language. Several words form a phrase, and several phrases a complete sentence, and the same thing is true in music. Measured music corresponds to poetry, while the old unmeasured plain-song might be compared with prose. Quote Right
Quote Left To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. Quote Right
Quote Left So far, all of the ethical discussions about sex selection have focused on 'what if' scenarios without any legitimate data. This study should provide a legitimate framework to better lead the discussion about the realistic implications of sex selection technology. Quote Right
Quote Left Bagman is not a legitimate career choice Quote Right
Quote Left The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad. Quote Right
Quote Left The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Equality Quote Right
Quote Left We don't believe that threats and pressure, including using the UN Security Council, will make Iran relinquish its legitimate rights [to peaceful nuclear energy]. Nuclear research activities are continuing. Quote Right
Quote Left Cyberspace: A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation. Quote Right
Quote Left Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it, Quote Right
Quote Left The use of civilian nuclear energy, which is perfectly legitimate, must not serve as a pretext for pursuing activities that could actually be aimed at building up a military nuclear arsenal, Quote Right
Quote Left Some would deny any legitimate use of the word God because it has been misused so much. Certainly it is the most burdened of all human words. Precisely for that reason it is the most imperishable and unavoidable. And how much weight has all erroneous talk about God's nature and works (although there never has been nor can be any such talk that is not erroneous) compared with the one truth that all men who have addressed God really meant him? For whoever pronounces the word God and really means Thou, addresses, no matter what his delusion, the true Thou of his life that cannot be restricted by any other and to whom he stands in a relationship that includes all others. Quote Right
Quote Left Punishing the prostitute promotes the rape of all women. When prostitution is a crime, the message conveyed is that women who are sexual are bad, and therefore legitimate victims of sexual assault. Sex becomes a weapon to be used by men. Quote Right
Quote Left A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. Quote Right
Quote Left Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that progress gain in strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it. Quote Right
Quote Left The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Quote Right
Quote Left The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg. Quote Right
Quote Left A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph. Quote Right
Quote Left Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts... A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding... Quote Right
Quote Left You must listen to the protesters who are going to Seattle to express frustration about a system they believe excludes them. Citizens should have a voice not only in the decisions of their own governments, but also in those of international bodies. They must have access to information and be confident a mechanism exists to address legitimate concerns. China will find in America a confident and willing trade partner. Quote Right
Quote Left Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. Quote Right
Quote Left Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body. Quote Right
Quote Left That's legitimate. That's a reason for people not to do it. Morally, people should have a reason not to do it to begin with and physically, the harm you're doing to your body in the long-term. Two years is pretty reasonable to make people think twice about it. It's not a chance worth taking. Quote Right
Quote Left Cyberspace A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation. Quote Right
Quote Left It is the highest and most legitimate pride of an Englishman to have the letters M.P. written after his name. No selection from the alphabet, ... Quote Right
Quote Left All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost -- the most legitimate -- passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one. Quote Right
Quote Left When you consider all saints and prophets as legitimate and no longer differentiate between religions, you have reached the stage of true mysticism. Quote Right
Quote Left Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his god, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state. Quote Right
Quote Left Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic. Quote Right
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Member Quotes About Legitimate

Quote Left "Leonardo da Vinci, Born illegitimate, but a legitimate genius." from a poem by Max Sebastian Burchett Quote Right
Quote Left If it's legitimate to kill in self-defence then it must be equally legitimate to steal in self-defence. Quote Right
Quote Left Creativity is the only legitimate way to express your self. Quote Right

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