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  • John Ruskin Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Martin Luther King Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • William S. Gilbert Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.
    William S. Gilbert
    English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836 - 1911)
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  • Alexander Maclaren Death is but a passage. It is not a house, it is only a vestibule. The grave has a door on its inner side.
    Alexander Maclaren
    British preacher (1826 - 1910)
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  • Gary Mark Gilmore Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we're born.
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  • Thomas Fuller Deceive not thyself by over-expecting happiness in the married estate. Remember the nightingales which sing only some months in the spring, but commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs, as if their mirth were turned into care for their young ones.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Jean Baudrillard Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Irving Kristol Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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  • Archibald Macleish Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.
    Archibald Macleish
    American poet (1892 - 1982)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Andrew Jackson Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Cameron Sinclair Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.
    Cameron Sinclair
    British architect and writer (1973 - )
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  • Carlos Ghosn Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Jean Paul Despair is the only genuine atheism.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • William S. Burroughs Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Bruce Schneier Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage.
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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  • Bram Cohen Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail.
    Bram Cohen
    American computer programmer (1975 - )
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  • Aleister Crowley Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say ''no.'' I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • Vince Lombardi Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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