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  • Voltaire In this country it's a good thing to kill an admiral now and then to encourage the others.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Billie Holiday In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Brett Ratner In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.
    Brett Ratner
    American director and producer (1969 - )
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  • Bao Dai In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.
    Bao Dai
    Vietnamese emperor
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  • Carl Honore In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Bill Owens In this new century, our commitment to family and to faith, to community and opportunity, to freedom and to hope, will be the light that shines to lead us forward.
    Bill Owens
    American photographer (1938 - )
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  • Bruce Catton In this respect early youth is exactly like old age; it is a time of waiting for a big trip to an unknown destination. The chief difference is that youth waits for the morning limited and age waits for the night train.
    Bruce Catton
    American historian and journalist (1899 - 1978)
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  • Pythagoras In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
    Pythagoras
    Greek philosopher (580 - 504)
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  • Barney Frank In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy the products produced, work happily for their wages, and leave all of the significant economic decisions to the capitalists.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Adelbert von Chamisso In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.
    Adelbert von Chamisso
    German writer, liar and explorer (1781 - 1838)
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  • George Crabbe In this wild world the fondest and the best
    are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.
    George Crabbe
    English poet, surgeon and clergyman (1745 - 1832)
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  • Benjamin Franklin In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Oscar Wilde In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Benjamin Franklin In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • A. E. van Vogt In those days I was new to covers; merely felt pleased that a story of mine had been honored. I later met Rogers who did some of my early covers and I was impressed with him.
    A. E. van Vogt
    Canadian-born science fiction author (1912 - 2000)
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  • Douglas Adams In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • St. John of the Cross In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
    St. John of the Cross
    Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591)
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  • Thomas Jefferson In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Alice Munro In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it.
    Alice Munro
    Canadian short story writer (1931 - )
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