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Quotes 381 till 400 of 1583.

  • George Orwell Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
    Source: The Freedom of the Press (1972)
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Ben Horowitz From a systematic standpoint, I think that capitalism is the best system. I can spend a lot of time explaining why I like communism, but it is actually not a good solution. Nor is socialism. So, capitalism is the right model.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Samuel Butler From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Cass Sunstein From the standpoint of democratic legitimacy, it's a problem if half the electorate, or close to it, declines to vote, not least because they may not feel much of a stake in the whole process.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Benazir Bhutto General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Flip Wilson Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.
    Flip Wilson
     
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • Marilyn Monroe Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
    Marilyn Monroe
    American actress (1926 - 1962)
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  • Blake Mycoskie Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters... You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Adrian Cronauer Giving people what they want isn't just good radio; it's also the right way to run a country.
    Adrian Cronauer
    American air force radio personality during Vietnam War (1938 - 2018)
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  • Bill Watterson God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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  • Plautus Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • William E. Gladstone Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
    William E. Gladstone
    British Liberal Prime Minister, Statesman (1809 - 1888)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Ivan Boesky Greed is all right, by the way. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.
    Ivan Boesky
    American stock trader (1937 - )
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  • George Crabbe Habit with him was all the test of truth, it must be right: I've done it from my youth.
    George Crabbe
    English poet, surgeon and clergyman (1745 - 1832)
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  • William Shakespeare Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Arnold H. Glasgow Half a psychiatrist's patients see him because they are married - the other half because they're not.
    Arnold H. Glasgow
    American editor and businessman (Born as Arnold Henry Glasow) (1905 - 1998)
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