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Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating scheme. For example, men could be imported from the developing countries, many parts of which are suffering from a man excess, at least in relation to local food supply.
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Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given time outside of one's own home, an American citizen can reasonably assume his movements and actions are being monitored by something, by somebody, somewhere.
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That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
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That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.
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That whole Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing - at least half the people in there don't have a place in any kind of hall of fame anywhere, in my opinion.
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That's great because I know as a teenager, I didn't relate to a TV series where all people do is cheerlead and drink sodas on the weekend. So I think it'll be great if it can be seen by a few people at least.
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The ability of Texas Republicans to be effective in Congress is based on having at least 218 Republicans in the House.
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The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever she is, at least she is not the other.
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The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.
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The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is very difficult to write out of because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer - he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.
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The classes that wash most are those that work least.
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The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.
― Henry Ward Beecher
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The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
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The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it.
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The freest people I know are those who have the least to hide, defend or protect. Naked is powerful.
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The future always comes as a surprise, but political wisdom consists in attempting at least some partial judgment of what that surprise may be. And for my part I cannot but believe that a main unexpected thing of the future is the return of Islam.
Source: The Great Heresies (1938) H. III
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