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Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by him who was the first mover; he only beats the water for another's net.

Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing.

We have developed this capability. The heavy-water project today is a reality. This knowledge belongs to Iran. Nobody can take it from us. As they (Europeans) see Iran's determination, they will be forced to show flexibility and accept it.

The pictures we saw before we got down here didn't even touch the reality of what it is like being here. We can be right on the beach with all the devastation and still not be able to imagine what it was like when the wall of water actually came up.

Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Ethics should precede economics. But it doesn't have to. . . . We know this because we've seen the results of capitalism without conscience: the pollution of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat; the endangerment of workers; and the sale of dangerous products - from cars to toys to drugs. All in pursuit of ever-greater profits.

International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all differences, but they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to peace as surely as water wears away a hard stone.

We do not seek the unanimity that comes to those who water down all issues to the lowest common denominator - or to those who conceal their differences behind fixed smiles - or to those who measure unity by standards of popularity and affection, instead of trust and respect. We are allies. This is a partnership, not an empire. We are bound to have differences and disappointments - and we are equally bound to bring them out into the open, to settle them where they can be settled, and to respect each other's views when they cannot be settled.

Day in and day out we do the same thing,_x000D__x000D_Tryina find the joy in our repetition._x000D__x000D_Always complainin' about the routine and the mundane._x000D__x000D_But let me stop to remind y'all bout one thing:_x000D__x000D_Come hell or high water you can count on the sun_x000D__x000D_Always shinin' in its untamed glory.

Let's test the waters..._x000D__x000D_Love makes a splash, and you too thick to skinny-dip.

Scared of a bunch of water? Then get out the rain._x000D__x000D_Order a rapper for lunch, and spit out the chain.

The rain water enlivens all living beings of the earth both movable (insects, animals, humans, etc.) and immovable (plants, trees, etc.), and then returns to the ocean it value multiplied a million fold.

Why is the sky blue? Why is water wet?_x000D__x000D_Why did Judas rat to the Romans while Jesus slept?

Cloned chickens walking around without heads,_x000D__x000D_The food is contaminated, the water got lead in it._x000D__x000D_Population control, make the babies sick,_x000D__x000D_All these RFID chips, RU-486..._x000D__x000D_This is a war against consciousness,_x000D__x000D_Controlling your soul, sort of a psychological dictatorship._x000D__x000D_And we are on the front lines,_x000D__x000D_Guilty as charged if intellect is a crime.

We still wading in the water..._x000D__x000D_Cocaine, blunts, marinating in the water._x000D__x000D_Lean and took a puff, and then she gave it to my father,_x000D__x000D_Used to take the bullets out so I could play with the revolver._x000D__x000D_Satan serenading ever since I was a toddler,_x000D__x000D_Tell 'em talk is cheap...niggas living for the dollar.

If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.

Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.

The plants we've chosen will collect and cycle Earth's minerals, water, and air; shade the soil and renew it with leafy mulch; and yield fruits and greens for people and wildlife.

Agricultural demand for water - probably the largest threat to freshwater species - continues to increase. ... Meanwhile, threats to terrestrial biodiversity - primarily the conversion of habitat to agricultural uses ... - have not diminished.

So-called global warming is just a secret ploy by wacko tree-huggers to make America energy-independent, clean our air & water, improve fuel-efficiency of our vehicles, kickstart 21st century industries, & make our cities safer & more livable. Don't let them get away with it!

All the answers you may wish for lie within faith, but it demands a complete and incontinent surrender, an immersion as total as any baptism. Indeed baptism is a kind of enactment of the surrender: you bathe in faith, you swim in it, you live by it, surrounded by it, buoyed up by it, engulfed by it. You drown in it, for at times it takes your breath away as entirely as any lungful of water.... All the answers lie in faith; and when you lose your faith you have no choice but to substitute for if a philosophy that deliberately and coldly offers no answers at all.

Christians are like teabags, you don't really know what they're like until you put them in hot water.