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  • Ouida A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
    Ouida
    English novelist, pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé (1839 - 1908)
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  • Joseph Roux A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
    Joseph Roux
    French priest, writer and poet (1834 - 1905)
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  • Edward Gibbon A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
    Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Lenny Bruce A lot of people say to me, ''Why did you kill Christ?'' ''I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.'' ''We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.''
    Lenny Bruce
    American Comedian (1925 - 1966)
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  • Samuel Butler A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Sir Alec Guiness A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve.
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  • Seneca A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
    The Scarlet Letter (1850) Ch XII
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Woodrow Wilson A radical is one of whom people say ''He goes too far.'' A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ''doesn't go far enough.'' Then there is the reactionary, ''one who doesn't go at all.'' All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Epictetus A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Mary Elizabeth Hewitt A sumptuous dwelling the rich man hath. And dainty is his repast; but remember that luxury's prodigal hand keeps the furnace of toil in blast.
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  • Brendan I. Koerner A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept at planning their crimes, and few of their capers met with any success; most seemed to end within moments of starting, usually after a fatherly pilot convinced the nervous teen to hand over his gun.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Barry Ritholtz Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Douglas Adams After ten years of word processing, I can't even do hand writing anymore.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Boyle Roche All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.
    Boyle Roche
    Irish politician
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  • Sir Walter Scott All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Black Kettle All we ask is that we have peace with the whites. We want to hold you by the hand. You are our father.
    Black Kettle
    Native Indian Cheyenne chief (1803 - 1868)
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  • August Wilson All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.
    August Wilson
    American playwright (1945 - 2005)
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  • Anthony Holden Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship of Hong Kong in its dying days by Thatcher in return for shutting up about the inner cities. He quite rightly in my view led the paper on this story.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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