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The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

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When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof is substantially to identify the national purpose with the social problem. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity. ↗

— Ron Fournier

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God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so. ↗

— Norman Mailer

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My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s. ↗

— John Major

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Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while. ↗

— Rose McGowan

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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey. ↗

— Yahoo Serious

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