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  • Socrates I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Joseph Addison I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Thomas Traherne I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.
    Thomas Traherne
    British Clergyman, Poet, Mystic (1636 - 1674)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • E. B. White I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Joel Rosenberg I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four.
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  • Ben Elton I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Betty Field I'm not an outstanding personality, and I'm certainly no beauty. Acting ability is all I've got to trade on.
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  • Berenice Bejo I'm okay. Nobody's bothering me. Everyone's very kind, and very polite. I don't feel like my whole life changed.
    Berenice Bejo
    French-Argentine actress (1976 - )
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  • Barack Obama I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
    Town Hall Meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 29 March 2008
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Lawana Blackwell I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
    Lawana Blackwell
    English writer
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  • Brooke Shields I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Emma Goldman Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Eugène Ionesco Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.
    Eugène Ionesco
    Romanian - French writer (1909 - 1994)
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  • Johann Gottfried Seume Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.
    Johann Gottfried Seume
    German writer (1763 - 1810)
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  • Henry David Thoreau If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bernard Mandeville If courtesans and strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much rigor as some silly people would have it, what locks or bars would be sufficient to preserve the honor of our wives and daughters?
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Lord George Byron If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Erich Fromm If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Anita Roddick If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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