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Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
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Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Concerned about re-election, interest-group reactions, the media, or fundraising, many legislators have found it in their interest to refuse to cooperate with members of the opposing party - or to treat them as enemies in some kind of war, in which the whole point is to defeat and humiliate them. But the American people have been the real losers.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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Confusing the words wish, faith and pray with each other usually just results in a minor grammatical faux pas, but when any of these words, especially hope, is confused with action, the results are much more devastating.
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Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood.
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Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.
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Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.
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Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.
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Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
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Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.
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Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
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Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.
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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
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