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The United States may have retained more of the intellectual imprint of the British 18th century than Britain itself. — William Rees-Mogg

It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out. — L. Frank Baum

But I retained the landscape, and I have since annually carried off what it yielded without a wheelbarrow. — Henry David Thoreau

In accordance with the centuries-old tradition of the Latin rite, the Latin language is to be retained by clerics in the divine office. — Pope Paul VI

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom. — Franz Boas

The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit. — Isaac Newton

Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind. — Horace

Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites. — Alexandre Dumas

Knowledge doth come of learning well retained, Unfruitful else, — Niccolo Machiavelli

Most important, he realized that, no matter what happened, he retained the freedom to choose how to respond to his suffering. — Viktor E. Frankl

Freedom received though the efforts of others, however benevolent, cannot be retained when such effort is withdrawn. — Mahatma Gandhi

I retained little from the textbooks, learning instead from what I lived and the things I touched that held emotional content for me. — Bernd Heinrich

The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is reared. — Francis Galton

The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. — Harlan F. Stone

Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained. — Hosea Ballou

In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. — Henry David Thoreau

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained. — W. H. Auden

I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more. — Daniel Craig

If Man retained faith in God, he might also retain faith in Man. — Pat Frank

There's something fundamental to the harp that has retained its appeal my whole life. It's an instrument I am just in love with. — Joanna Newsom

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere. — Maria Mitchell

My own opinion is that youthfulness of feeling is retained, as is youthfulness of appearance, by constant use of the intellect. — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

Goddess was made in my home in France. The material retained an integrity whit it would have lost in Los Angeles studio. — Mick Jagger

I have never met a designer who was retained to keep things the same as they were — George Nelson

The law, unfortunately, has always been retained on the side of power; laws have uniformly been enacted for the protection and perpetuation of power. — Thomas Cooper

Excess is excrement, ... Excrement retained in the body is a poison. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The only thing I have retained from my upbringing - I did not retain the religious element - is the idea that you do not do things for money. — John Sulston

The more attention the brain pays to a given stimulus, the more elaborately the information will be encoded - and retained. — John Medina

I like the way Mahler wandered about in his music and still retained his passion. He must have looked like an earthquake walking down the street. — Charles Bukowski

The fact that Ben retained Cavendish shows how seriously he took the matter; you don't hunt rabbits with an elephant gun. — Robert A. Heinlein

I take the ethical truths to be the stable elements that emerge out of ethical progress and that are retained under further ethical progress. — Philip Kitcher

Wonder is retained by wise pondering. — Ravi Zacharias

Her skin retained a faint warmth, but it was already fading away. — Haruki Murakami

Men tuned into women but not tuned into their own hurts usually retained the attitude that women needed special protection. — Warren Farrell

Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained. — Paul Prudhomme

We've won wars before and we've certainly retained our rights as Americans. — Patrick Leahy

A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained. — Ruth Westheimer

They retained their wooden souls, and the curve of their backs had the enigmatic shape of growth itself and remained a part of the decaying forest — Tove Jansson

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort. — Mahatma Gandhi

So she did not replay, but played the strategist. She retained more power by withholding an answer. — E. Lockhart

People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become actors. — Michael Caine

The interesting thing about Bettie Page that I discovered was to leave the mystery. She always retained a little mystery. Let there be some unknowns. — Gretchen Mol

Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation. — Will Rogers

Jesus evidently thought that human beings still retained a residue of their former glory. — John R.W. Stott

Leo Connellan has retained his soul and voice in Provincetown and Other Poems. — Karl Shapiro

Pride rises above and against the knowledge of God, acting as if He is unworthy to be retained in our thoughts. — James MacDonald

An expression of infinite wisdom, as if, in those first days of life, the small person retained the knowledge of a lifetime just passed. — Kate Morton

Mainly, it was the sense of order, vision retained over time, that brought me to my knees. — Janet Fitch

His skin was pocked and ruddy, his nose large and misshapen, red and veined as though he'd snorted, and retained, Burgundy. — Louise Penny

You could not measure yourself against the dead, they retained their perfection while your flesh got weaker and weaker. — Philipp Meyer

I note at the age of ten a fully developed ability not quite to enjoy myself, a capacity I have retained intact ever since. — Alan Bennett

Jenny retained a flimsy essence of the truth. It was a quiet knowing she'd always hold in her heart...'Broken Mirror by Oliver Rixon — Oliver Rixon

Time could truly be made to stand still. Texture could be retained despite sudden violent movement. — Gjon Mili

Over-all, we probably would have retained better prospects for the next five years if profits had not risen so dramatically this year. — Warren Buffett

In the Roman commonwealth, even on the conversion of the monarchy into a republic, the old was as far as possible retained. — Theodor Mommsen

It's critical that states improve how teachers are trained, recruited, evaluated, compensated, advanced, and retained. — Eli Broad

I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I've retained over the years. — Giorgio Armani

If it is not profitable for the common good that authority should be retained, it ought to be relinquished. — Barbara Tuchman