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  • Pearl S. Buck There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Henry Kissinger There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
    Henry Kissinger
    American politician (1923 - 2023)
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  • Leon Trotsky There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.
    Leon Trotsky
    Russian revolutionary and writer (1879 - 1940)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Beth Ditto There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ernest Hemingway They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Bret Harte They were left in the lurch For want of more wadding — He ran to the church — ... With his arms full of hymnbooks... Rang his voice, Put Watts into 'em — Boys, give 'em Watts.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Oscar Wilde Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Siddha Nagarjuna This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Eknath Easwaran Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
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  • Bernard Mandeville Thus every Part was full of Vice,
    Yet the whole Mass a Paradise;
    Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd in Wars,
    They were th' Esteem of Foreigners,
    And lavish of their Wealth and Lives,
    The Balance of all other Hives.
    Source: The Fable of the Bees The Grumbling Hive, line 155, p. 9
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Blaise Pascal Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
    Source: Pascal selections
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • George Orwell To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Meister Eckhart To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • John Locke To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Marlon Brando To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
    Marlon Brando
    American actor, film director, and activist (1924 - 2004)
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  • Ban Ki-moon To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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