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  • Bill Bradley Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
    Bill Bradley
    American former professional basketball player and politician (1943 - )
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  • Bobby Hull All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.
    Bobby Hull
    Canadian ice hockey player (1939 - )
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  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias All of my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.
    Babe Didrikson Zaharias
    American athlete (1911 - 1956)
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  • Barbara Walters All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.
    Barbara Walters
    American journalist and author (1929 - )
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  • Byron Dorgan All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Bob Ney All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.
    Bob Ney
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.
    The Chronicles of Narnia (1950) The Last Battle (1956), Closing lines, in Ch. 16 :
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Bjorn Ulvaeus All these years later, I have almost no memory of the shows themselves. It's a blur. I remember my jogging runs better - that was my way of getting my energy together. I used to try to get to the arena as late as possible; otherwise, I'd just be pacing around, waiting to go on.
    Bjorn Ulvaeus
    Swedish songwriter, producer, member of ABBA (1945 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Tatyana Tolstaya Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better your art. If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.
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  • George W. Bush America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
    State of the Union, 20-01-2004
    George W. Bush
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • Anthony Walton America's greatest strength, and its greatest weakness, is our belief in second chances, our belief that we can always start over, that things can be made better.
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  • Paula Nelson Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism.
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  • T. S. Eliot An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Harry Houdini An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.
    Harry Houdini
    Hungarian-born American illusionist (1874 - 1926)
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  • Jonathan Swift And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Brandi Chastain And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.
    Brandi Chastain
    American soccer player (1968 - )
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  • Buddy Rich And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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