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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • William James It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Bertrand Russell It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Sydney Smith It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • Shirley Maclaine It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he is in love, drunk, or running for office.
    Shirley Maclaine
    American actress, singer and author (1934 - )
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  • William James It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Sir Roger L'Estrange It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss.
    Sir Roger L'Estrange
    English journalist (1616 - 1702)
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  • Paul Goodman It rarely adds anything to say, ''In my opinion'' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.
    Paul Goodman
    American writer, poet, criticus (1911 - 1972)
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  • Casey Affleck It seems like they never say anything bad about actors, they just pump them up.
    Casey Affleck
    American actor and director (1975 - )
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  • Alfred Loisy It seems obvious to me that the notion of God has never been anything but a kind of ideal projection, a reflection upward of the human personality, and that theology never has been and never can be anything but a more and more purified mythology.
    Alfred Loisy
    French theologian (1857 - 1940)
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  • Carlisle Floyd It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Bill Medley It sounds odd, but I was a singer and started writing songs, and I didn't have anything in mind. Maybe it crossed my mind that it would be cool to have a hit record and a career, but that was so out of reach that I don't think I thought about it that much.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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  • Barry McGuire It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands or anything, like all the rest of us. Just played his guitar and sang his songs.
    Barry McGuire
    American singer-songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Carla Bley It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.
    Carla Bley
    American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bryan White It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year, and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me.
    Bryan White
    American country music singer and songwriter (1974 - )
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  • W. H. Auden It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Candice Glover It's funny because ever since 'American Idol,' people look at me without makeup and think I'm 15 years old - they think I'm really young and quiet and shy, and that I've never been in a relationship and have never been in love or anything.
    Candice Glover
    American R&B singer and actress (1989 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Bill Gates It's not manufacturers trying to rip anybody off or anything like that. There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of.
    Source: Interview with Dennis Bathory-Kitsz in 80 Microcomputing
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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