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  • Charles Churchill Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.
    Charles Churchill
    British poet (1731 - 1764)
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  • Adam Smith Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Henry James Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Persius Live with yourself; get to know how poorly furnished you are.
    Persius
    Roman poet and satirist (34 - 62)
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  • Antonia Fraser Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich, privileged woman in the 18th century, but no fun at all to be her maid.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Agnes De Mille Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
    Agnes De Mille
    American dancer and choreographer (1905 - 1993)
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  • Louis Ferdinand Céline Living, just by itself - what a dirge that is! Life is a classroom and Boredom's the usher, there all the time to spy on you; whatever happens, you've got to look as if you were awfully busy all the time doing something that's terribly exciting - or he'll come along and nibble your brain.
    Louis Ferdinand Céline
    French writer (1894 - 1961)
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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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  • Bette Davis Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Arthur Conan Doyle London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    British writer and medical doctor (1859 - 1930)
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  • Ben Horowitz Look - this is the terror of being a founder & CEO. It is all your fault. Every decision, every person you hire, every dumb thing you buy or do - ultimately, you're at the end.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • John Dryden Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Brooke Elliott Look at all the magazines: There's always 10 ways to be better at something.
    Brooke Elliott
    American actress and singer (1974 - )
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  • Brendan Gleeson Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It's not the size of the thing, but the detail.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Sigmund Freud Look into the depths of your own soul and learn first to know yourself, then you will understand why this illness was bound to come upon you and perhaps you will thenceforth avoid falling ill.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Francis Bacon Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Barbara Boxer Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Bill Parcells Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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