Quotes with best-educated

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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time.
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • David Seabury A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.
    David Seabury
    American psychologist, author, and lecturer (1885 - 1960)
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  • Julie Burchill A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.
    Julie Burchill
    British journalist, writer
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  • Lawrence Durrell A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.
    Lawrence Durrell
    British Author (1912 - 1990)
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  • Kurt Vonnegut About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Charles Dickens Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Carrie Fisher Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolescence.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Thomas Carlyle After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • James Baldwin After my best friend jumped off the bridge, I knew that I was next. So-Paris. With forty dollars and a one-way ticket.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Bruce Jackson All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • Barry Levinson All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.
    Barry Levinson
    American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor (1942 - )
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  • Arthur Christopher Benson All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
    Arthur Christopher Benson
    English essayist, poet, author and academic (1862 - 1925)
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  • Arnold Bennett All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Blair Underwood All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most costly boondoggles ever foisted on the American public.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Bill Frist America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Will Rogers America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Nicholas Butler America is the best half-educated country in the world.
    Nicholas Butler
    American philosopher, diplomat, and educator
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  • Ilka Chase America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.
    Ilka Chase
    American actress, radio host, and novelist (1900 - 1978)
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  • Barry Ritholtz Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term to describe portfolios that have been assembled for purposes other than serving the clients' best interests.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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