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  • Horace Does he council you better who bids you, ''Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Adolf Loos Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art.
    Adolf Loos
    Austrian and Czechoslovak architect (1870 - 1933)
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  • Berenice Abbott Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.
    Berenice Abbott, photographer: a modern vision : a selection of photographs and essays
    Berenice Abbott
    American photographer (1898 - 1991)
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  • E. M. Cioran Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and became the center, the object of our murderous inclinations, the sum of our intolerances would diminish.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Arnold Bennett Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • W. H. Auden Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are ''shaggy dog'' stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Bertrand Russell Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.
    Unpopular Essays
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Agatha Christie Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Stewart Henderson Britt Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.
    Marketing Management and Administrative Action
    Stewart Henderson Britt
    American economist
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  • Bethany Hamilton Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it's fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I've healed very well.
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Barbara Sher Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.
    Barbara Sher
    American speaker, lifestyle coach, and author (1935 - 2020)
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  • Adam Sandler Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Alec Baldwin Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the touchdown pass and gets carried off the field.
    Alec Baldwin
    American actor, writer, producer and comedian (1958 - )
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  • Bob Newhart Don Rickles and I are best friends. I know that might seem strange to those who know Don only by reputation, but somebody has to be his friend. Just to make sure I don't forget, Don gave me a doormat that sits just outside the front door of my house. It reads: 'The Newharts: The Rickleses Best Friends.'
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Bill Hybels Don't ask God to bless junk food and miraculously transform it so that it has nutritional value. That's not how God works.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • H. Stanley Judd Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.
    H. Stanley Judd
    American author
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  • Brad Feld Don't be afraid to have a big vision, but make sure it's a clear one.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Akio Morita Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.
    Akio Morita
    Japanese businessman, founder of Sony (1921 - 1999)
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  • Madonna Don't be fooled, not much has changed - certainly not for women. We still live in a very sexist society that wants to limit people.
    Cosmopolitan, May 2015
    Madonna
    American musician, singer and actress (1958 - )
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  • Golda Meir Don't be humble, you're not that great.
    Golda Meir
    Prime Minister of Israel (1898 - 1978)
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