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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bryan Fuller I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are the faces of the show, and so you feel sort of secondary, but I love actors because they elevate the material; they make it better.
    Bryan Fuller
    American television writer and producer (1969 - )
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Jane Porter I never yet heard man or woman much abused, that I was not inclined to think the better of them; and to transfer any suspicion or dislike to the person who appeared to take delight in pointing out the defects of a fellowcreature.
    Jane Porter
    English writer (1776 - 1850)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne I quote others in order to better express myself.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • James Baldwin I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe that we can all become better than we are. I know we can. But the price is enormous and people are not yet willing to pay it.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Samuel Butler I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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W. Bruce Cameron I see dog stories as an antidote to the dire news that nothing is ever going to get better.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Samuel Beckett I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
    Samuel Beckett
    Irish dramatist and novelist (1906 - 1989)
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  • Anne Frank I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • George Bernard Shaw I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • George Eliot I tell you there isn't a thing under the sun that needs to be done at all, but what a man can do better than a woman, unless it's bearing children, and they do that in a poor make-shift way; it had better ha been left to the men.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Andrew Lloyd Webber I think back at the time, if it had been 1988, I would have thought Michael and Sarah probably would have been cast but I don't think, I think it's much better that the girl is younger and if Sarah would have been 26 or 27 then.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    English composer and impresario (1948 - )
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  • Phil McGraw I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there's too much guilt.
    Phil McGraw
    American television personality and author (1950 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Bryce Harper I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • William Butler Yeats I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Arthur Boyd I think it would be better if nobody owned anything, but they didn't starve. Had enough paint and enough pianos and everything else.
    Arthur Boyd
    Australian painter (1920 - 1999)
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  • Ace Frehley I think most of the people, once you see a Kiss show, you kinda get spoiled because I don't think there's anybody out there that's doing a bigger or a better show than us.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Lord George Byron I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation - they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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