Quotes 3081 till 3100 of 3862.
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There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can display itself suddenly with terrifying effect.
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There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.
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There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest.
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There is good evidence that Venus once had liquid water and a much thinner atmosphere, similar to Earth billions of years ago. But today the surface of Venus is dry as a bone, hot enough to melt lead, there are clouds of sulfuric acid that reach a hundred miles high and the air is so thick it's like being 900 meters deep in the ocean.
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There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.
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There is no beautifier of complexion or form of behavior like the wish to scatter joy, and not pain, around us.
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There is no bigotry like that of ''free thought'' run to seed.
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There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
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There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.
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There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.
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There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the church, to which gay political rhetoric is childishly hostile.
Vamps and Tramps (1994) -
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.
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There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.
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