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  • John Irving Like many successful people he made good use of disappointments - responding to them with energy, with near-frenzied activity, rather than needing to recover from them.
    Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (1996) 248
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Bill Burr Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn't work out. But maybe because it didn't work out, that's why I ended up on 'Breaking Bad;' I don't know.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Marquise de Merteuil Like most intellectuals, he is immensely stupid.
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  • A. J. P. Taylor Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Bill Dedman Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the lawmaking honest.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bruce Coville Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders.
    Bruce Coville
    American author (1950 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Joseph Heller Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
    Joseph Heller
    American author (1923 - 1999)
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  • Steven Wright Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Lord George Byron Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Robin George Collingwood Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.
    Robin George Collingwood
    English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (1889 - 1943)
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  • Bainbridge Colby Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.
    Bainbridge Colby
    American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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  • John Dryden Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Albert J. Nock Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Benny Green Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed.
    Benny Green
    American musician
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  • Bob Rae Like sailors, we cannot change the weather or the direction of the wind. But we change the direction of our sails.
    The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Five, The Second Question: Charity and Welfare
    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
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  • Allen Klein Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Bill Flores Like tens of millions of Americans, I will not vote for Hillary Clinton and desire to vote for a bold, conservative leader.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Thomas Hardy Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.
    Thomas Hardy
    British writer and poet (1840 - 1928)
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