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  • Ben Gibbard It seems that you live in someone else's dream
    In a hand-me-down wedding dress
    With the things that could have been are repressed
    But you said your vows and you closed the door
    On so many men who would have loved you more
    Narrow Stairs
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Carl Sagan It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas... If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you... On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Charles Dickens It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Cate Campbell It's about never giving up until your hand is on the wall. I think people who get complacent, who think that they are in front, a sloppy touch, can cost you that elusive medal, just as much as the people who are gunning for you. If you believe you can get there right to the very end, miracles do happen.
    Cate Campbell
    Malawian-born Australian athlete (1992 - )
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  • Philip Roth It's best to give while your hand is still warm.
    Everyman (2006)
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Bjork It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Adrien Brody It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue.
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  • Andrew J. Bacevich It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.
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  • Billie Jean King It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Bruce Barton Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Bruce Barton Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Anne Brontë Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.
    Anne Brontë
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • John Betjeman Keep our Empire undismembered guide our Forces by Thy Hand, gallant blacks from far Jamaica, Honduras and Togoland; protect them Lord in all their fights, and even more, protect the whites.
    John Betjeman
    English poet, writer, and broadcaster (1906 - 1984)
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  • Bill Flores Let me tell you what changed my mind: it was when Donald Trump picked Mike Pence to be his running mate. I was convinced that Donald Trump knew exactly what he was doing, and he knew that was rounded out the ticket in many ways.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • George Washington Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Mario Puzo Life is like a box of hand grenades, you never know what will blow you to kingdom come.
    The Last Don
    Mario Puzo
    American author, screenwriter and journalist (1920 - 1999)
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  • Jawaharlal Nehru Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Indian nationalist and statesman (1889 - 1964)
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  • Jack London Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
    Jack London
    American writer (ps. by John Griffith Chaney) (1876 - 1916)
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  • Alexander Pope Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; dies before thy uncreating word: thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; and universal darkness buries all.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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