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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
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A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment.
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A devotion to humanity is... too easily equated with a devotion to a Cause, and Causes, as we know, are notoriously bloodthirsty.
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A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.
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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
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A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
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A doctor once told me that with crying you aren't sure what its derivation is. If someone comes at you with a knife, you don't cry: you scream, you try to run. When it's over and you're OK, that's when you cry.
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
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A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
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A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.
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A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal proceeding to try and recoup that money. Given the profession's notoriously low wages, however, it's probably not worth the publicity headache and legal fees. No news organization has ever pursued such a case.
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A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.
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A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.
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A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.
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A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.
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A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
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A faith that sets bounds to itself, that will believe so much and no more, that will trust thus far and no further, is none.
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