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  • Henry David Thoreau Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Thomas B. Aldrich Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant.
    Thomas B. Aldrich
    American writer, editor (1836 - 1907)
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  • Joan Didion Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Beth Ditto Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents, so I have to be extra careful - as well as creative - in the smell department. The key, I've found, are essential oils, which come in all kinds of 100% natural scents.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • George Herbert Grasp not at much, for fear thou losest all.
    George Herbert
    English poet (1593 - 1633)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Edward F. Halifax Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
    Edward F. Halifax
    British Conservative Statesman (1881 - 1959)
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  • Napoleon Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Robert Frost Great events yield all but imperceptible effects.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Sydney Smith Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Jean Rostand Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Ivan Boesky Greed is all right, by the way. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.
    Ivan Boesky
    American stock trader (1937 - )
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  • Chris Patten Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.
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  • Roxana Robinson Grief was an actual weight, he thought. It felt like a physical burden. You carried it with you all day, unsheddable. Your shoulders, by nightfall, felt dragged down.
    This is My Daughter p.320
    Roxana Robinson
    American writer (1946 - )
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  • Bill Dedman Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Calvin Harris Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
    Calvin Harris
    Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter (1984 - )
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  • Beth Riesgraf Growing up in Minnesota, I had a lot of freedom to run around, and we had go-carts and four-wheelers and all that stuff. I like that adrenalin-rush stuff. I did a little bit of dance, but mostly sports.
    Beth Riesgraf
    American actress (1978 - )
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  • Audre Lorde Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
    Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1990) 124
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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