Quotes with holier-than-thou

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  • Simone Weil Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our life.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Paul Mccartney Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
    Paul Mccartney
    English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer (1942 - )
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  • Albert Einstein Imagination is more important than knowledge
    The Saturday Evening Post (1929)
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • John Irving Imagining something is better than remembering something.
    The World According To Garp (2012)
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Ian McEwan Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.
    (2001)
    Ian McEwan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • David Mitchell Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction.
    Wolkenatlas (2008) 53
    David Mitchell
    English novelist and screenwriter (1969 - )
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  • Ann Macbeth In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then.
    Ann Macbeth
    British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author (1875 - 1948)
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  • George Bernard Shaw In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Aristotle In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Barney Frank In a free society a large degree of human activity is none of the government's business. We should make criminal what's going to hurt other people and other than that we should leave it to people to make their own choices.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Barbara Amiel In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.
    Barbara Amiel
    British journalist, writer, and socialite (1940 - )
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  • Gloria Steinem In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Edward O. Wilson In a purely technical sense, each species of higher organism is richer in information than a Caravaggio painting, Bach fugue, or any other great work of art.
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  • S. I. Hayakawa In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
    S. I. Hayakawa
    Canada-American Senator (1902 - 1992)
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  • Leon Trotsky In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
    Leon Trotsky
    Russian revolutionary and writer (1879 - 1940)
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  • Bob Riley In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • Bryant H. McGill In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe In all things it is better to hope than to despair.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Russell Wayne Baker In America nothing dies easier than tradition.
    Russell Wayne Baker
    American writer (1925 - 2019)
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  • Oscar Wilde In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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