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  • Bram Stoker Nothing is too small. I counsel you, put down in record even your doubts and surmises. Hereafter it may be of interest to you to see how true you guess. We learn from failure, not from success!
    Dracula (1897) Professor Abraham Van Helsing to Dr. John Seward
    Bram Stoker
    Irish author (1847 - 1912)
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  • Seneca Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Bill Cosby Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Nothing so lifts a man from all his mean imprisonments, were it but for moments, as true admiration.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Eric Butterworth Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
    Eric Butterworth
    American minister, author, and radio personality
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  • Joan Didion Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing.
    (2006)
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Jean Baptiste Racine Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.
    Jean Baptiste Racine
    French playwright (1639 - 1699)
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  • Bayard Taylor Now the frosty stars are gone: I have watched them one by one, Fading on the shores of Dawn. Round and full the glorious sun Walks with level step the spray, Through his vestibule of Day.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Julie Burchill Now the whole dizzying and delirious range of sexual possibilities has been boiled down to that one big, boring, bulimic word. RELATIONSHIP.
    Julie Burchill
    British journalist, writer
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  • Barack Obama Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Bill Gates Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.
    "Bill Gates: Innovating to zero!", Feb 2010. www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and hospitality is the art of keeping you at the greatest distance.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Andrew Jackson Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • David Letterman Number one: Don't frisk me. Don't hurt me physically. Don't get anywhere near my neck. And don't call me Regis. [Advice to his guests]
    David Letterman
    American television host, comedian, writer, and producer (1947 - )
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  • William Shakespeare O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down and steep my senses in forgetfulness?
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Walt Whitman O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Ben Jonson O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Bob Beauprez Obama broke his no-new-taxes pledge 15 days after he took office when he signed legislation on Feb. 4, 2009 raising the tax on cigarettes 158 percent - 62 cents per pack.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez Obama made his no-new-taxes pledge over and over again four years ago as he campaigned. Not only has he repeatedly and blatantly violated it, but his policies have relentlessly assaulted poor and middle-income family budgets.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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