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  • Mark Twain I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious - except he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Socrates I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Woody Allen I can’t listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
    Source: Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • William Shakespeare I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Bruce Oldfield I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.
    Bruce Oldfield
    British fashion designer (1950 - )
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. Well, I don't understand how you can go so long without a cigarette, she responds in a tone of reproach. Because work is what you do for others; smoking is what you do for yourself.
    Source: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (2001) Ch. 1: Serving in Florida (p. 31)
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Allen Klein I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Arvo Part I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.
    Arvo Part
    Estonian composer
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  • A. E. Housman I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
    Source: ISBN: 9780198184966 The Letters of A. E. Housman (2007 edition), Oxfor
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Iris Murdoch I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Ben Gibbard I decided a handful of years ago that I just want to write songs that you can understand as soon as you put the record on. There's no need to veil what's happening in the song the way I used to.
    My goal as a songwriter now is to simply write some memorable turns of phrase.
    Source: The Meaning Of Life
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Anthony Holden I decided he'd changed so much that a whole new book was required and that book actually I can say so was the first to say that the marriage was in trouble and the Prince didn't like at all and my book was being serialized in the Sunday Times over five weeks.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Alice Hoffman I did go there later, but I hadn't been there before I wrote the book. Sometimes I feel like the imagined can feel more real than the real?
    Alice Hoffman
    American novelist (1952 - )
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  • Alice Hoffman I did go there later, but I hadn't been there before I wrote the book. Sometimes I feel like the imagined can feel more real than the real?
    Alice Hoffman
     
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  • Anita Hill I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Joe E. Lewis I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
    Joe E. Lewis
    American writer
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  • Anne Brontë I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.
    Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XXII
    Anne Brontë
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Bruno Maag I do believe that organizations can certainly improve lives by specifying better fonts, which of course has an effect on how you read your e-mail.
    Bruno Maag
    Swiss type designer and businessman (1962 - )
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  • Henry Ford I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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