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  • Malcolm Muggeridge Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their vacuity.
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    British Broadcaster (1903 - 1990)
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  • William Lloyd Garrison Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present.
    William Lloyd Garrison
    American abolitionist, journalist and suffragist (1805 - 1879)
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  • A. E. Housman Tell me not here, it needs not saying,
    What tune the enchantress plays
    In aftermaths of soft September
    Or under blanching mays,
    For she and I were long acquainted
    And I knew all her ways.
    Last Poems (1922) No. 40, st. 1
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Benjamin Rush Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them...
    Provisions of the Last Will and Testament of Dr. James Rush[1]
    Benjamin Rush
    American politician (1745 - 1813)
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  • Ann Macbeth Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the mineral boom happening, so there was immense growth for industrial training films, documentaries to do with the mining, and the outback world.
    Ann Macbeth
    British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author (1875 - 1948)
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  • Kahlil Gibran Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • A. N. Wilson Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler Teofilo Stevenson won his first Olympic gold medal in 1972 and his last world amateur championship in 1986. He won 302 fights and once went an unbelievable 11 years without a loss. Had Cuba not boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics, many think Stevenson would have won an unmatched four gold medals in boxing.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Anna Lindh Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so.
    Anna Lindh
    Swedish Social Democratic politician (1957 - 2003)
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  • Benjamin Mkapa Terrorist attacks in their own countries do not generate travel advisories aimed at discouraging citizens of other countries from visiting. Why is it that only when threats of terrorist attacks are perceived in our kind of countries are travel advisories issued?
    Accusing western countries of issuing indiscriminate travel warnings, 2003-06-24
    Benjamin Mkapa
    Tanzanian politician (1938 - 2020)
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  • John Steinbeck Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.
    John Steinbeck
    American author (1902 - 1968)
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  • James Russell Lowell Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Carolina Herrera Thank God my hair is always the same. And I get dressed very quickly. I am not one of those people who spend three hours getting dressed. I never understood that. What do you do for the two and a half hours after the half hour it takes you to get ready?
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Woodrow Wilson That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Bainbridge Colby That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.
    Bainbridge Colby
    American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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  • Francis Quarles That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Bob Dylan That he not busy being born is busy dying.
    It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Antonio Porchia That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.
    Antonio Porchia
    Argentinian poet (1885 - 1968)
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  • Anthony Eden That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.
    Anthony Eden
    British politician (1897 - 1977)
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  • Amelia Barr That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.
    Amelia Barr
    British novelist and teacher (1831 - 1919)
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