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We must, however, acknowledge as it seems to me, that a man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

Charles Darwin

Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system- with all these exalted powers- Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

Charles Darwin

War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.

Benito Mussolini

The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly on the page, in proportion, as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them.

Rod Sterling

The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.

Gracie Allen

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.

Jeanette Winterson

The problem is that, just like real viruses, we can't stamp out computer strains. Viruses never go away, and what we don't need is 1 million virus signatures in virus scanners.

Paul Robertson

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Josh Billings

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Ernest Rutherford

Prince is trying to put his stamp on the company.

Marshall Front

Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values...

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

We just wanted to do it our own way, put our own stamp on it.

Rob Thompson

We've met with the band a few times in Los Angeles. The original idea was to gather a dozen or so Sparks songs as sort of a stamp of approval of our band. And they want to do one or two songs where we write and perform them together. We hope it will happen as soon as there is a gap in both bands' schedules.

Russell Mael

These stamps, with their colourful and action-packed designs, are sure to appeal to young Canadians, ... In this, the International Year of Sport and Physical Education, I hope that these stamps will encourage kids to look at the benefits of being involved with sports and with stamp collecting.

John Mccallum

Thirty percent of the 2.6 million small businesses online in the U.S. are on AOL, ... That market share, on top of the hundreds of thousands of business-minded consumers who rely on the CompuServe service, provides our new online Postage Services Centers and E-Stamp an audience that we think will be very receptive to time-saving services like this.

Barry Schuler

She explored creativity in a lot of ways with the children. She wanted to bring out their innate creativity, not a rubber stamp.

Logan Payne

Many times, they will take it, stamp it and cash that check right away.

Ross Howard

Rubber-stamping these mergers is an embarrassing milestone in this nation because it puts an end to any real hope of head-to-head telephone competition.

Gene Kimmelman

I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists.

Jesse Helms

We didn't expect Congress to rubber stamp what we had negotiated. But we did think that we were there in good faith.

Steve Parrish

Unless we put a purple stamp on the forehead of every freshman and have security at every door, we cannot keep them from leaving at lunch.

Ron Gruwell

We don't recommend just everybody. We don't want to be a rubber stamp.

Mike Hammond

We feel whoever we hire will be a good fit for our program. They will have a chance to put their own stamp on the program without the pressure of the playoffs.

Gina Uccelli

Right now, what we know about Pluto could be written on the back of a postage stamp. After this mission, we'll be able to fill textbooks.

Colleen Hartman

I'm anticipating it will be ratified. But I don't think I'd call this a rubber-stamp process because there is a lot of frustration and people are angry that they're in the situation that they're in.

Peter Kennedy

Once a year, we have a stamp show that features exhibits made by the kids from various schools. It's a great activity, and keeps them involved in stamp collecting. Those are some of the best attended meetings. Everyone loves having the kids.

Bob Keevil

My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.

Josh Billings

Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.

Charles Buxton

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

Harvey Cushing

(Morris) had a food stamp card. He was on his way to Wal-Mart to get himself something to eat.

Regina Anderson

Each Mules' team the last 12 years had their own mark on the school and on the program in some way. All I've asked this year's team to do is put their stamp on what is a great program. That's the thing; just defining their own team.

Darin Hendrickson

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture...Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

Norman Vincent Peale

With the stamp (under consideration), that is like icing on the cake.

Michael Cerletti

It enters my mind a lot. I have a good opportunity to play at the big-league level. But you can't determine the future. Who knows what I'm going to be? You can't put a stamp or a label on what I'm going to be until I actually get there.

Lastings Milledge

This business deals with technology that is constantly changing. We've gone from manually stamping to using laser engraving over the course of 20 years. Some of our employees have been working here for 15 years, and it really helps to have that experience.

Michael Brommer

Anything I accomplish in basketball means something. It kind of puts a stamp on my life and what I've been doing.

Anthony Grundy

We will definitely earn it this year, not that we didn't in the past. But with this team and some of the teams left we could face, they could put their stamp on things as far as East Hall basketball history goes if they can win it all.

Joe Dix

I started at the bottom. And that's when Larry Townsend was making history. I was working downstairs, writing (food stamp) contracts for him.

Cynthia Hinckley

His legislative achievement, particularly in getting legislation with a distinctively Republican stamp on it, is almost without parallel.

Ross Baker

We feel that the contribution from the booming property market in the form of capital and stamp duties cannot be sustained indefinitely.

Dermot O'leary

That's like patting someone on the back and saying 'We appreciate you. What's a stamp going to do for a veteran out there who needs health care?

Thomas Bock

We thought, at least it's dangerous. And we were under the wing of two great managers -- Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp.

Roger Daltrey

We acknowledge everything from the food-stamp fraud to the van accidents. A lot of those legal problems came from growing pains and oversight. But Bishop Jefferson is making the necessary adjustments for anything that is under his watch.

Sean Howard

In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?

Jamie Foxx

They want us to move fast -- 'come on here,' in essence, 'rubber stamp what we've done.' That's not our job. We have an independent role and responsibility.

Gil Garcetti

He's a rubber stamp for the national Republican agenda. That's going to be the fundamental choice in this campaign: a person who's going to align themselves with President Bush or a man or woman who's going to represent Marylanders.

Derek Walker

I think Charlie is exhibit one in the case against a rubber stamp Congress that is incompetent in solving the problems of our country.

Paul Hodes

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

Charles Baudelaire

One view says that presidents want to shape the court, and stamp the court with their own ideology. Historically, they don't always do that.

Sean Wilson

What we know about Pluto could be printed on the back of a postage stamp. The textbooks will be rewritten when this mission is completed. The true nature of this mission is to find the answers to questions we don't even know how to ask.

Colleen Hartman

It's a clear stamp of confirmation that the economy is growing very strongly.

Stefan Worrall

Well, when you have as many young players as we have, until they put a stamp on the position, it can change. And so nothing's permanent, especially with the young players. But Joey now has the opportunity, he's ready for the opportunity and he had a great offseason.

Jim Bates

So it's not just a silly little stamp collection that's just sitting there. It's just awesome to see the accomplishments of black people, sometimes against great odds.

Roxanne Chase

It's a chance for the governor to get back into the game at this late stage and put his stamp on what was produced by the General Assembly.

Joe Gershtenson

Basically, the food stamp caseload has gone up a lot. The biggest increase is in people who are not getting any kind of cash assistance but they need help with food. It's bus drivers and every once in a while someone from the military and people who have 10-month contracts with the schools and they are out of work two months in the summer.

Susan Gordon

It seems like he was rediscovered, perhaps in the last decade and a half. A lot of new New Orleans music, his stamp is on it.

Michael Hurtt

For the amount of rain we've had in the past few days, the (Stamp) river looks pretty clean.

Blain Pouliot

Building an urban high density subdivision on this postage-stamp-sized piece of property is simply a very bad idea.

Linda Howard

This had nothing but support and enthusiasm from the beginning. They anticipated a very popular stamp.

Carl Herrman

I think the citizens of this city certainly deserve better than to have the city commission rubber stamp (it).

Ann Rogers

His testimony showed that they [NYSE management and Goldman Sachs] did this behind their backs, ... He was asked to rubber-stamp a deal.

William Higgins

This is a new era for the club and Jeremy and I want to stamp our identity on it, so the immediate aim is to create a competitive environment within the squad and turn potential into winning performances.

Tim Boon

A Chorus Line is a celebration of those who have persevered no matter what the obstacles are, ... It's as relevant today as when it debuted. My job as director is certainly not to put my stamp on it or put any kind of spin on it. It's already perfect the way it's written. My job is just to make it sharp and tight.

Keith Dixon

Weapons were not carried and were hardly necessary when you had such an advantage in numbers. The violence took the form of beatings, kicks and stamping.

Richard Horwell

She's put a face, she's put a persona, she's put a winning attitude and a winning stamp, on our entire program.

Charles Mcclelland

The legislature is not a rubber-stamp organization, ... We are an independent branch of government.

Gloria Romero

This hate crimes legislation is noncontroversial and a matter of common decency, ... It is unconscionable that in South Florida, Mr. Shaw continues to be a rubber stamp for Tom DeLay and the ultra-conservatives in Congress.

Ron Klein

[In the wild, controlling the disease is even harder.] There is no possibility to stamp out outbreaks among wild birds, ... You don't want to kill wildlife and you can't kill 100 per cent anyway.

Joseph Domenech

We assume that the E-Stamp deal is not an exclusive arrangement.

Patrick Brand

I was overwhelmed at their creativity and dedication to making what they felt was a really good stamp that consumers in the school would buy. They were so confident that (the teachers) rarely had to be at either post-office location. The students knew exactly what to do and welcomed the challenge.

Angi Brunney

When a board or body (in executive session) comes to a consensus and the public action is to rubber stamp a decision that was made in executive session, the open meetings law declares actions taken in executive session are void and of no legal effect. No decision can be made in closed session.

Chris Beall

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.

Dick Gregory

The only difference between our August announcement and today is that the SEC put its stamp of approval on it.

Dwayne Lee

If any of us got above our station the others would soon stamp it out.

Nadine Coyle

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.

Steven Biko

Fifteen cents of every twenty-cent stamp goes to storage.

Louis Rukeyser

I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up. If I could have beaten him six-minus-one instead of six-love I would.

Fred Perry

Since it was done on an open market basis, they typically gave it their stamp of approval and moved on. Now it will be a little bit different.

Kevin O'donnell

CAP-XX has applied nanotechnology solutions and processes in its designs to produce carbon electrodes smaller than a postage stamp, but with a surface area of hundreds of square meters. The result is high energy and power densities in the smallest packages.

Viswanathan Krishnan

Is not a rubber stamp for whatever Congress does.

Lisa Stone

It looks like John Howard is putting his stamp on this front bench, that he is making all the decisions, that he's not consulting Peter Costello.

Jenny Macklin

His stamp is on so many things about the festival. He was a great personality. I see it as a great positive, to have someone like that in the history of the organization. He was a great leader, but greatness is not intimidating. It's exciting.

Alan Fletcher

Maryland horsemen and breeders to pay for all of Magna's (business) failures, not only in Maryland but everywhere else. And they have been emboldened to do it here because they believe they have a compliant racing commission that will rubber stamp their plans.

Alan Foreman

It's glorious - everyone wants to help New Orleans so a lot of people are playing. People like Bruce Springsteen lending their support, that puts a big stamp of approval on it.

John Magnie

What we know about Pluto today could fit on the back of a postage stamp. The textbooks will be rewritten after this mission is completed.

Colleen Hartman

This opens up an opportunity for Bush to put a further stamp on the Fed.

Gus Faucher

It's clear that regardless of whether or not people understand what 'rich in antioxidants' means, it is certainly a logo or a stamp that says 'Buy me! I'm going to help you live forever.

Phil Lempert

If you've got the stamp of the archdiocese on something, then it is the responsibility of the bishop or archbishop to make sure these kinds of things don't happen.

William Donohue

We're not going to be a rubber stamp for what someone in Austin says we should be.

Mike Davidson

We felt every director should bring their own personal stamp and that every show does not have to feel like one another. A lot of these people had not done historical films, and I thought that was important.

Joe Berlinger

Some funeral homes try to guilt families into buying more expensive urns by stamping 'temporary container' on the outside of the cardboard or plastic box that the remains are returned in.

Joshua Slocum

It is not being a rubber stamp, ... but clearly, the bias here is to support the Pentagon recommendations.

San Antonio

The good news is that, if the city did a better job of enabling eligible people to obtain federal food stamp benefits, the city could easily receive that much additional federal funding, thereby eliminating the vast majority of the city's hunger problem.

Joel Berg

She mixed well with the children and I was impressed by the fact that she put her own personal stamp to the day. Waddow Hall is a great place and I was impressed by how marvellous the children were and by the facilities they have. Overall, it was a great honour and privilege to represent the people of the Ribble Valley.

Janet Taylor

I'm looking forward to the 200m and will stamp my mark there.

Marlon Devonish

We paid for them, we're entitled to them. Stamp them with the word 'forgery' if you have to, but we want to hang them on our walls even if they are fake.

Mike Stern

If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.

George Orwell

I feel people have tried to stamp out what is special about me. Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?

Rose Mcgowan

The most glaringly obvious fact about the present case is the significant media and public interest that it is generating. Michael Jackson is a figure recognized around the world, and the events surrounding execution of the search warrant, his arrest, and even the file-stamping of the felony complaint have received widespread publicity.

Rodney Melville

His intellectual, mathematical thinking has placed its stamp on the firm's bond operations. His presence permeates the place.

Rachel Barnard

If all she was going to do was rubber-stamp the settlement between the Department of Justice and Microsoft and say that the states get nothing, she could have done that in two or three months. I think it means the states are going to get something.

Robert Lande

If those are growing pains, I'm fully grown. I think everyone knows that ... the season we're coming off was a very difficult season. That certainly is behind us. It's our second year, and we can put our stamp on the program.

John Savage

[Other vendors will] have to say they're NAC or NAP compliant. If they don't have that stamp of approval, they open themselves up to obsolescence if it becomes the standard.

Robert Whiteley

It's good news for us and we believe it's good news for the taxpayer. There's no stamp required.

Dianne Besunder

All the places on the stamp collection are part of the National Park Service.

Brandon Murphy

[Jackson Mayor Frank Melton fumed silently as people crowded around him. He tried to call the county food-stamp office to find out why they were directing people here. He never got through. Two women shouted complaints about the chaos in his ear.] The city can handle this fine, ... If I can get all the other agencies out of the way.

Frank Melton

Although Mr. Moore generated substantial revenues from sales of these postage stamp products, Mr. Moore simply refused to pay all of the royalties due the University.

Robert Witt

In celebrating the 50th anniversary of Canada's program of universal polio vaccination, we are indeed recognizing an important milestone in Canadian history, ... Although many of our memories associated with polio are somber, this stamp is a celebration of the fact that polio is indeed just a memory in Canada .

John Mccallum

The program was in disarray when I took over. That?s the one thing I?m most proud of; I feel like I put a positive stamp on this program. I?m not turning it over to someone else in disarray. It is in very good shape, and it?s only going to get better.

Tim Sam

We weren't good enough in the big games. We didn't stamp our authority. We went on good runs for six games or so then took a couple off and never got that consistency going.

Paul Thompson

It did come rather late in the process in terms of my closing the store, but I'm very hopeful that Gary can start out again and give it his own stamp and that it will succeed.

Gary Weissbrot

The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we had food and clothes.

Colleen Alatalo

Hunters are required to purchase a turkey license and stamp at the time they buy an over-the-counter turkey permit.

Andrea Mezera

Any proactive move to stamp out illegal use of drugs in sport is welcomed by WADA. As far as the AFL's out-of-competition testing, we see it as conduct testing more than anything else.

David Howman

Our city has become a rubber stamp for development, ... We bend over backwards to welcome developers. I think if we did have someone on the City Council who is somewhat of an environmental activist, that would be a beautiful thing.

Kevin King

The actual hunt is a long way off. This is not a rubber-stamp process.

Brian Gorman

Companies will not receive a rubber stamp certification; this is an in-depth program that requires an exhaustive and thorough audit of one's processes.

John Kania

It definitely would G. Leon and it would be a great opportunity for me to put a stamp on myself at 140 and let everyone at junior welterweight know what I'm capable of.

Juan Diaz

This case is an example of our ongoing effort to stamp out fraud and abuses by investors in the PIPEs market, and it will continue.

Scott Friestad

That was something that was fun to do. My whole thought, in general, is to put my own stamp on things and not be walking over the same ground again. So I wouldn't have done that song again if I didn't think I could do something really different with it.

Lee Rocker

Greg Walden is a rubber stamp for the Bush administration. I'm running because he isn't looking after the best interests of the people in this district.

Scott Silver

This is just a second division team and it was expected of us to beat them because we are a better side. It would have been disastrous if they had scored considering that we took time to stamp our authority in the game.

Dennis Oliech

Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow. It has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.

Shakti Gawain

There's going to be some changes, you want to put your own stamp on things. But the things that have worked over the years are the things I'm going to concentrate on. The defense has been really good the past few years and we're just going to build on that.

Matt Gajewski

Planning a wedding is no small task. By simplifying stamp buying, couples can mark off one item on their check list.

Delores Killette

You don't need to stamp kids [gifted and talented] in order to figure out what they need.

Denise Young

We average about $20 month from the stamp club.

Emma Zaiac

We can't sell a damaged stamp so we try to get them out before the people take their time soaking them.

Emma Zaiac

Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon.

Emile Durkheim