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In a sense the world dies every time a writer dies, because, if he is any good, he has been a wet nurse to humanity during his entire existence and has held earth close around him, like the little obstetrical toad that goes about with a cluster of eggs attached to his legs.
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In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe. This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.
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In all my activities as Armament Minister I never once visited a labor camp, and cannot, therefore, give any information about them.
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In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible.
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In America most of us are still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues.
Lezing bij aanvaarden Nobelprijs 12-12-1930 -
In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land.
Speech Stanford University, 11 august 1928 -
In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.
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In any business that grows big on one business model, transitions can throw everything in the air.
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In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.
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In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes, of course artists can be and are influenced by politicians.
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In any democratic, civilized - even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane in Louisiana, the people of Vermont are there for them. If there's a tornado in the Midwest, we are there for them. If there's flooding in the East Coast, the people in California are there for us.
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In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.
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In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
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In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.
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In any man who dies there dies with him, his first snow and kiss and fight. Not people die but worlds die in them.
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In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
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In Britain, what we've done is say to 485 million people, 'You can all come, every one of you. You're unemployed? You've got a criminal record? Please come. You've got 19 children? Please come.' We've lost any sense of perspective on this.
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In choosing Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney made a fantastic choice and a bold statement to the American people.
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In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the difference between things; and it is Christ that gives us light.
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In enterprise of martial kind, when there was any fighting, he led his regiment from behind - he found it less exciting.
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