Quotes 5541 till 5560 of 9142.
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Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name!
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Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.
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Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.
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Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind
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Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.
First inaugural address, Washington, D.C. (January 20, 1993) -
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness, when bequeathed by those who. When alive, would not have contributed.
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Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.
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Power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
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Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth
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Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
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President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how.
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President Obama is also standing up for women in North Carolina and across our country. He has helped women fight for equal pay for equal work; he has fought to guarantee that women have access to quality, affordable health care, including making sure that insurance plans cover birth control with no out-of-pocket cost.
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Pretty hard to sweep me off my feet. It would have to take someone very special. You never know. I guess when you least expect it, it's going to come.
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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
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Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone's illiterate, but you wouldn't really call that privacy. That's ignorance.
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Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
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Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
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