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  • Butch Trucks Phil Walden had complete faith in us, and I'll respect him forever for that. I think he sunk about $150,000 in us. He was close to bankruptcy a lot of the time, and Atlantic kept telling him we didn't have a chance.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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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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  • Carl von Clausewitz Phillipsburg was the name of one those badly drawn fortresses resembling a fool with his nose too close to the wall.
    Source: On War (1832) Ch. 11
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Benjamin Stillingfleet Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods.
    Benjamin Stillingfleet
    British botanist, translator and author (1702 - 1771)
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  • Carl Sagan Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down - toppling the pretension that humans constitute some sort of biological aristocracy among the beings on Earth.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Daniel Webster Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • James A. Froude Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
    James A. Froude
    British Historian (1818 - 1894)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she is nowhere to be found and leaves the brunt of the battle to be fought by her steady, humble comrade, religion.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Bernard Williams Philosophy is altogether less pure now. It's been impurified by science and social science and history.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Al Goldstein Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal.
    Al Goldstein
    American pornographer (1936 - 2013)
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  • William James Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • B. Kevin Turner Phones remain a critical component of the Microsoft device portfolio and an important piece of our mobility strategy, but a restructuring is in order.
    B. Kevin Turner
    American businessman (1965 - )
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  • Andy Goldsworthy Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.
    Andy Goldsworthy
    British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist (1956 - )
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  • Bill Brandt Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare.
    Bill Brandt
    British photographer and photojournalist (1904 - 1983)
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  • Edward Weston Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.
    Edward Weston
     
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  • Ansel Adams Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
    Ansel Adams
    American landscape photographer and environmentalist (1902 - 1984)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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