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  • Bridget Moynahan Our structure has always been two homes, and that's all my son has ever known. So you balance it. Make sure you have good support with your family and friends and nannies.
    Bridget Moynahan
    American actress and model (1971 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Parentage is a very important profession; but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of children.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • John Greenleaf Whittier Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    American poet and writer (1807 - 1892)
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  • Assata Shakur People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom.
    Source: Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Gene Fowler Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth.
    Gene Fowler
    American journalist, author and dramatist (1890 - 1960)
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  • Charles Dudley Warner Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.
    Charles Dudley Warner
    American writer (1829 - 1900)
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  • Cassidy Gifford Philippians 4:13 has never rung so true... You were an unparalleled Giant in all sense of the word, Dad. So keep doin' you up there, because no one does it better, and no one ever will.
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  • Albert Pike Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.
    Albert Pike
    American attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason (1809 - 1891)
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  • Beth Henley Plays are so much more special if they've never ever had a production, but I think you can really work on a play and make it better with each production.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • Marshall Mcluhan Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.
    Marshall Mcluhan
    Canadian professor and philosopher (1911 - 1980)
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  • Jonathan Swift Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • William Congreve Por blessing ever waits on virtuous deeds, I and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
    Source: The Mourning Bride (1697) 5, 12
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.
    Babe Didrikson Zaharias
    American athlete (1911 - 1956)
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  • Lionel Trilling Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
    Lionel Trilling
    American Critic (1905 - 1975)
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  • Bruce Forsyth Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever met.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Bob Newhart Probably the best advice I ever got in my life was from the head of the accounting department, Mr. Hutchinson, I believe at the Glidden Company in Chicago, and he told me, 'You really aren't cut out for accounting.'
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Angela Davis Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Arthur Keith Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • Walter Winchell Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
    Walter Winchell
    American newspaper and radio commentator (1897 - 1972)
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