#general

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Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.


Maximilien Robespierre


#consequence #country #democracy #distinct #general

Pop comes from the word 'popular,' which means that it could be anything that appeals to any group of people. When you talk about general masses, I think there's elements in every kind of music that can reach a broad audience.


Anwar Robinson


#any #anything #appeals #audience #broad

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.


John Buchanan Robinson


#generally #misinterpreted #modern #more #sense

Generally I get up at around 7. But oftentimes, I'll be lolling in bed a little bit earlier - sometimes as early as 5:45 - filing in my mind all the things I have to get done. Which is, of course, totally unproductive.


Mo Rocca


#bed #bit #course #done #earlier

It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the highest scientific distinction that there is today has been awarded for those on catalysis.


Wilhelm Ostwald


#been #catalysis #chemistry #distinction #extend

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.


Blaise Pascal


#come #discovered #generally #mind #others

A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.


Walter Pater


#developed #earlier #element #general #important

I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely.


Guy Pearce


#beaten #could #crack #definitely #generally

Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe.


Lester B. Pearson


#economic #every #expectation #general #globe

Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.


Katey Sagal


#find #generally #grateful #i #lot