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  • Samuel Johnson It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Brooks Atkinson It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Alfred Loisy It seems obvious to me that the notion of God has never been anything but a kind of ideal projection, a reflection upward of the human personality, and that theology never has been and never can be anything but a more and more purified mythology.
    Alfred Loisy
    French theologian (1857 - 1940)
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  • Ben Gibbard It seems that you live in someone else's dream
    In a hand-me-down wedding dress
    With the things that could have been are repressed
    But you said your vows and you closed the door
    On so many men who would have loved you more
    Narrow Stairs
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Barbara Bush It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Anne Tyler It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Barbara Mandrell It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
    Barbara Mandrell
    American country music singer, musician, and actress (1948 - )
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  • Carl Sagan It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas... If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you... On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Fjodor M. Dostojewski It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
    Fjodor M. Dostojewski
    Russisch writer (1821 - 1881)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Angela Carter It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne It should be noted that children's games are not merely games. One should regard them as their most serious activities.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Machiavelli It should be noted that when he seizes a state the new ruler ought to determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He should inflict them once and for all, and not have to renew them every day.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Alan Dershowitz It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.
    Alan Dershowitz
    American lawyer and author (1938 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Bill Medley It sounds odd, but I was a singer and started writing songs, and I didn't have anything in mind. Maybe it crossed my mind that it would be cool to have a hit record and a career, but that was so out of reach that I don't think I thought about it that much.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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  • Bel Powley It sounds so negative of me to say, but I don't feel like there were many coming-of-age films when I was growing up. I think that when I was a teenager, I felt really misrepresented in the teenage roles that I was watching onscreen. Especially in women.
    Bel Powley
    English actress (1992 - )
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  • Bruce Cockburn It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are mostly young people, full of enthusiasm and energy, and that's an exciting thing for an old guy like me.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Benjamin Clementine It stayed with me - the Bible has stayed with me. I've grown out of it because, obviously, you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that the Bible can be used to appreciate life.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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