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  • Barbra Streisand The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • John Lennon The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
    John Lennon
    British musician (1940 - 1980)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Daniel Defoe The best of men cannot suspend their fate: the good die early, and the bad die late.
    Daniel Defoe
    English writer (1660 - 1731)
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  • Bill Klem The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
    Bill Klem
    American professional baseball umpire (1874 - 1951)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but she cannot be heaven if she stoops to one such as he!
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bille August The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility.
    Bille August
    Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (1948 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Ban Ki-moon The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Michael J. Mccarthy The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.
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  • W. H. Auden The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • David Hume The Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.
    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) 101
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Ban Ki-moon The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Adrian Cronauer The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.
    Adrian Cronauer
    American air force radio personality during Vietnam War (1938 - 2018)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Bret Harte The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • C. S. Lewis The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph.
    The Worlds Last Night (1952)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Stephen Hawking The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.
    Stephen Hawking
    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director (1942 - 2018)
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