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  • Robert Hall In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
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  • Carter G. Woodson In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
    Carter G. Woodson
    American historian, author and journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Anne Tyler In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was communicated through this book.
    Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore upon Presentation of a Bible, 7 september 1864
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Brigham Young In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Beau Willimon In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise, and they make you a better writer.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Baltasar Kormakur In the case of 'The Deep,' because of the people involved, the talent and the real lives of people who died, I wanted to make the most honest film I could. And sometimes that's the best way to go: Just make the best version of the film you can.
    Baltasar Kormakur
    Icelandic actor, theater and film director (1966 - )
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  • Bryan Robson In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest.
    Bryan Robson
    English football manager and player (1957 - )
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  • Aberjhani In the face of a world where economic hardships often ground the best of the human spirit into the worst, love provided a pathway into hidden chambers of the spirit where nobility and compassion might be salvaged, resurrected, and made stronger.
    The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois (2003)
    Aberjhani
    American historian, columnist and novelist (1957 - )
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  • Bryant Gumbel In the first two years this is a man who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care, to fight for gay rights, to support personal freedoms. Couldn't those be considered doing the right things, evidence of true character?
    Bryant Gumbel
    American television journalist and sportscaster (1948 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Dalai Lama (14th) In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
    Dalai Lama (14th)
    Tibetan spiritual leader (Tenzin Gyatso) (1935 - )
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  • Augustus Baldwin Longstreet In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of - two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the very best men In the county; which, in the Georgia vocabulary, means they could flog any other two men in the county.
    Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
    American lawyer, minister, educator, and humorist (1790 - 1870)
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  • George Crabbe In this wild world the fondest and the best
    are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.
    George Crabbe
    English poet, surgeon and clergyman (1745 - 1832)
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  • Winston Churchill In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.
    Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Colombian writer (1927 - 2014)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
    First Inaugural Address (1861)
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Billy Tauzin Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana.
    Billy Tauzin
    American lobbyist and politician (1943 - )
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  • Janet Guthrie It (racing) is a matter of spirit, not strength. It is a matter of doing your best each little moment. There's never a break. You must have desire, a very intense desire to keep going.
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