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  • Anthony J. D'Angelo In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
    Anthony J. D'Angelo
    American writer
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  • Benjamin Watson In order to win in this league, you have to have a quarterback who can make all the throws, who makes great decisions, somebody who can get you out of bad situations, that just gives you a chance.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Alan Watts In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Carl Honore In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Bill Paxton In our game, it's your vanity that keeps you in shape. I've got a little gym set up, and I ride a single-speed bike up the hills behind my house. Lately I've been kind of a slacker. Usually it's a film role that makes me start getting in shape. Between roles, I try to do a little maintenance, but I'm not a workout fanatic at all.
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • Billy Corgan In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Christopher Fry In our plain defects we already know the brotherhood of man.
    Christopher Fry
    English poet and playwright (1907 - 2005)
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  • Martin Luther In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.
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  • Iris Murdoch In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Anna Louise Strong In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson's war in Vietnam, which several times has intruded into China.
    Anna Louise Strong
    American journalist and activist (1885 - 1970)
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  • Frank Dane In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.
    Frank Dane
    British actor
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  • John Adams In politics the middle way is none at all.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Heinrich Heine In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.
    Heinrich Heine
    German poet (1797 - 1856)
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  • Eldridge Cleaver In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
    Eldridge Cleaver
    American afro-amerikan leader, writer (1935 - 1998)
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  • George Gurdjieff In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
    George Gurdjieff
    Russian teacher and writer (1873 - 1949)
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  • Anne Tyler In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Beck In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool. On paper, though, it's all stripped back. The musical idea is the one that wins.
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was communicated through this book.
    Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore upon Presentation of a Bible, 7 september 1864
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Aldous Huxley In religion all words are dirty words. Anybody who gets eloquent about Buddha, or God, or Christ, ought to have his mouth washed out with carbolic soap.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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