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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American poet, philosopher and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Bo Bennett Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • David Mitchell False modesty can be worse than arrogance.
    David Mitchell
    English novelist and screenwriter (1969 - )
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  • Bode Miller Fame is almost a poison. I couldn't care less, in fact I lived better when I was a nobody.
    Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1]
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Julie Burchill Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.
    Julie Burchill
    British journalist, writer
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  • David Bowie Fame itself... doesn't really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.
    David Bowie
    English singer, songwriter and actor (1947 - 2016)
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  • Ann Oakley Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.
    Ann Oakley
    British sociologist, writer (1944 - )
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  • Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
    Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
    American journalist, essayist and memoirist (1934 - 2002)
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  • Brandon Sanderson Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to this rather than just recycle it? How can I stand on Tolkien's shoulders rather than stand tied to his kneecaps?'
    Brandon Sanderson
    American author of epic fantasy and science fiction (1975 - )
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  • Alan Cohen Fantasy is often closer to reality than what most people accept as reality.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Andy Warhol Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • T. Boone Pickens Far too many executives have become more concerned with the ''four P's'' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
    T. Boone Pickens
    American business magnate and financier (1928 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Fear guides more than gratitude.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Francis Quarles Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Napoleon Hill Fears are nothing more than states of mind.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Bill Dedman Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Caitlin Moran Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends.
    Caitlin Moran
    English journalist, author, and broadcaster (1975 - )
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  • Bjork Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Herbert J. Muller Few have heard of Fra Luca Parioli, the inventor of double entry bookkeeping; but he has probably had much more influence on human life than has Dante or Michelangelo.
    Herbert J. Muller
    American historian and author (1905 - 1980)
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