An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here is a little tip Howard; cut back on the Red Bull. ~David Letterman
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday. ~Jerry B. Jenkins
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations, well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing. ~James Cromwell
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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