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  • Jean de la Bruyère It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Bill Hader It is funny that people always assume you have a bigger part in a movie than you actually do. I remember a lot of people thought 'Adventureland' starred me and Kristen Wiig. But we were like, 'No, we're only in the movie for like ten minutes!'
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse It is good rule in life to never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
    Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
    English author and humorists (1881 - 1975)
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  • Walter Bagehot It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Ernest Hemingway It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • J. C. Macaulay It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen.
    J. C. Macaulay
    American clergyman and author (1900 - )
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  • William Hazlitt It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • John Irving It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
    The Hotel New Hampshire (1986)
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • St. Teresa of Avila It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.
    St. Teresa of Avila
    Spanish saint, mystic (1515 - 1582)
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  • Benjamin Haydon It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also His infinite justice.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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  • Publilius Syrus It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • John Ruskin It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • John Maynard Keynes It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
    John Maynard Keynes
    British economist (1883 - 1946)
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  • Samuel Butler It is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Billy Collins It is important for the poet not to be emotional because you cannot see the world clearly with tears in your eyes.
    Interview with Kritya: In the Name of Poetry
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Ajay Naidu It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.
    Ajay Naidu
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • Mignon McLaughlin It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • Ajay Naidu It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.
    Ajay Naidu
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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