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  • Publilius Syrus Practice is the best of all instructors.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Sir Richard Steele Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.
    Sir Richard Steele
    British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor (1672 - 1729)
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  • C. Neil Strait Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him, conversing with God about all the things that are important in life, both large and small, and being assured that He is listening.
    C. Neil Strait
    American priest and author (1934 - 2003)
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  • Leonard Cohen Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.
    Leonard Cohen
    Canadian-born American Musician, Songwriter, Singer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Caroline Wozniacki 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.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Fulton J. Sheen Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
    Fulton J. Sheen
    American bishop (1895 - 1979)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Princes give me sufficiently if they take nothing from me, and do me much good if they do me no hurt; it is all I require of them.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Bob Dylan Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people, they're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
    Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • A. R. Ammons Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.
    Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (1996 edition), Univ of Michigan Pr
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • George Orwell Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Edward Young Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Brion James Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people.
    Brion James
    American actor (1945 - 1999)
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  • Raoul Vaneigem Production and consumption are the nipples of modern society. Thus suckled, humanity grows in strength and beauty; rising standard of living, all modern conveniences, distractions of all kinds, culture for all, the comfort of your dreams.
    Raoul Vaneigem
    Belgian philosopher (1934 - )
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  • Joseph Joubert Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • Alvin Toffler Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.
    Alvin Toffler
    American writer, futurist, and businessman (1928 - 2016)
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  • Bernie Sanders Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Arthur Cayley Projective geometry is all geometry.
    Arthur Cayley
    British mathematician (1821 - 1895)
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  • Elizabeth Drew Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It's a seeding of the self in the consciousness of others.
    Elizabeth Drew
    American political journalist and author (1935 - )
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