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for a time

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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. James Allen

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time. Marianne Moore

For a time they confronted each other like two mute unspeaking forts. Malcolm Lowry

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education. John Buchan

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it-always... Mahatma Gandhi

The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn from limb from limb. The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off. Anthony Kennedy

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