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  • Carlo Collodi Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
    Pinocchio
    Carlo Collodi
    Italian author, humorist and journalist (1826 - 1890)
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  • Rose Macaulay One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them.
    A casual commentary
    Rose Macaulay
    English writer (1881 - 1958)
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  • Novalis Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
    Novalis
    German poet and writer (ps. van Georg van Hardenberg) (1772 - 1801)
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  • Frederick W. Robertson Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.
    Frederick W. Robertson
    English divine (1816 - 1853)
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  • T. S. Eliot Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Bill Bailey Orchestras have often been used to conjure up the natural world: Swans, sharks, trout, but not, as far as I know, the often maligned jellyfish.
    Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Adam Schiff Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • John Dryden Pains of love be sweeter far than all the other pleasures are.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Oscar Wilde Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Anton Chekhov People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Bill Clinton People like you always help the far-right, because you like to hurt people, and you like to talk about how bad people are and all their personal failings.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Bob Balaban People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light on your other projects and now I seem to have a number of projects that are moving forward.
    Bob Balaban
    American actor, author and producer (1945 - )
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  • Vaclav Havel People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Campbell Brown Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Albert Einstein Politics is far more complicated than physics.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Stephen Vizinczey Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth
    Stephen Vizinczey
    Hungarian writer and critic (1933 - 2021)
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  • Hosea Ballou Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
    Hosea Ballou
    American Theologian, Founder of ''Universalism'' (1771 - 1852)
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  • Machiavelli Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Arthur Koestler Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.
    Arthur Koestler
    Hungarian Born British Writer (1905 - 1983)
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