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• Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Men, Sri Lanka, Perfect

  "The Foundations of Indian Culture". Book by Sri Aurobindo, 1953.

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• I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.

  Guy Pearce

  Cat, Thinking, Way

  "Portrait of the artist" by Chrissy Iley, www.theguardian.com. March 03, 2007.

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• Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.

  J. G. Holland

  Wisdom

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• The laws of Coexistence;-the adaptation of structure to function; and to a certain extent the elucidation of natural affinities may be legitimately founded upon the examination of fully developed species;-But to obtain an insight into the laws of development,-the signification or bedeutung, of the parts of an animal body demands a patient examination of the successive stages of their development, in every group of Animals.

  Richard Owen

  Science, Animal, Law

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• Thus the evidence given by those five new thigh bones of the morphological and functional distinctness of Pithecanthropus erectus furnishes proof, at the same time, of its close affinity with the gibbon group of anthropoid apes.

  Eugene Dubois

  Apes, Groups, Bones

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• If Thought is capable of being classed with Electricity, or Will with chemical affinity, as a mode of motion, it seems necessary to fall at once under the second law of thermodynamics as one of the energies which most easily degrades itself, and, if not carefully guarded, returns bodily to the cheaper form called Heat. Of all possible theories, this is likely to prove the most fatal to Professors of History.

  Henry Adams

  Fall, Law, Return

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• Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It's like falling in love.

  Howard Gardner

  Love, Marriage, Fall

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• A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his tastes, by his distastes, by the stories he tells, by his gait, by the notion of his eye, by the look of his house, of his chamber; for nothing on earth is solitary but every thing hath affinities infinite.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Eye, Men

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• The profoundest affinities are those most readily felt.

  George Santayana

  Emotional, Feelings, Felt

  George Santayana, Marianne S. Wokeck, Martin A. Coleman, James Gouinlock (2013). “The The Life of Reason Or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two”, p.17, MIT Press

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• Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.

  Carol Ann Tomlinson

  Passion, Skills, Curiosity

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• If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable of knowing either what He is or if He is. [So] you must wager. Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation that he is.

  Blaise Pascal

  Atheist, Loss, Knowing

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• How will a person know, Selina, when the soul that has the affinity with hers is near it?" She answered, "She will know. Does she look for air, before she breathes it? This love will be guided to her; and when it comes, she will know. And she will do anything to keep that love about her, then. Because to lose it will be like a death to her.

  Sarah Waters

  Air, Soul, Doe

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• I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good.

  Tracy Letts

  Knows, Greater

  Tracy Letts (2010). “August”, p.14, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I have no affinity for animals. I don’t hate animals and I would never hurt an animal; I just don’t actively care about them. When a coworker shows me cute pictures of her dog, I struggle to respond correctly, like an autistic person who has been taught to recognize human emotions from flash cards. In short, I am the worst.

  Tina Fey

  Cute, Dog, Hurt

  Tina Fey (2011). “Bossypants”, p.134, Hachette UK

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• The profoundest affinities are those most readily felt, and though a thousand later considerations may overlay and override them, they remain a background and standard for all happiness. If we trace them out we succeed.

  George Santayana

  Happiness, Success, Succeed

  "The The Life of Reason Or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two".

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• If we range through the whole territory of nature, and endeavour to extract from each department the rich stores of knowledge and pleasure they respectively contain, we shall not find a more refined or purer source of amusement, or a more interesting and unfailing subject for recreation, than that which the observation and examination of the structure, affinities, and habits of plants and vegetables, afford.

  Joseph Paxton

  Knowledge, Science, Vegetables

  Sir Joseph Paxton (1838). “A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Dahlia”, p.2

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• Many an expert says that there is a certain affinity between (Capablanca's style) and that of the world master, Lasker. There may be some truth in it. Lasker's style is clear water, but with a drop of poison which is clouding it. Capablanca's style is perhaps still clearer, but it lacks that drop of poison.

  Jacques Mieses

  Water, Style, Experts

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• The Law of Love, call it attraction, affinity, cohesion if you like, governs the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Law, Cohesion, World

  Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.31, North Atlantic Books

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• Ive always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. Hes retired now. My brother is a lawyer.

  Scott Bakula

  Brother, Dad, Lawyer

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• It takes hundred of years sitting together in the same boat. It takes thousand of years sharing the same bed with. It calls : the predestined affinity.

  Gautama Buddha

  Love, Years, Grace

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• The very wealthy and the very famous have a much closer affinity with the indigent street person than with the rest of us. There's the narcissism, the addiction, even the outlandish dress. Often they don't put great value in relationships.

  Drew Pinsky

  Success, Addiction, Dresses

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• You must feel an affinity for what you are photographing. You must be part of it, and yet remain sufficiently detached to see it objectively. Like watching from the audience a play you already know by heart.

  George Rodger

  Heart, Play, Feels

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• Whoever buys into the vision God has for the congregation develops an affinity for all that is going on.

  Phil Pringle

  Vision, Congregation

  Phil Pringle (2013). “You The Leader”, p.267, Faris Digital Solutions

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• Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we are trapped in error, that we have allowed ourselves to be taken in by individuals, by objects, have dreamt up an affinity with them which immediately vanishes before our waking eye; and yet we cannot tear ourselves away, held fast by some power that seems incomprehensible to us. Sometimes, however, we become fully aware and realize that error as well as truth can move and spur us on to action.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Moving, Taken

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• It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it.

  Remy de Gourmont

  Favors, Death Penalty, Penalties

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