Quotes with might-have-been

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  • Emma Goldman Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name!
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Anne Campbell Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.
    Anne Campbell
    English politician (1940 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Popularity is the only insult that has not yet been offered to Mr. Whistler.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Albert Einstein Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Bill Clinton Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.
    First inaugural address, Washington, D.C. (January 20, 1993)
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness, when bequeathed by those who. When alive, would not have contributed.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Don Herold Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.
    Don Herold
    American humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist (1889 - 1966)
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  • Margaret Thatcher Power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Napoleon Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • C. Wright Mills Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Henry Brooks Adams Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
    Henry Brooks Adams
    American historian (1838 - 1918)
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  • Stephen Vizinczey Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth
    Stephen Vizinczey
    Hungarian writer and critic (1933 - 2021)
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  • Barry Schwartz Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
    Barry Schwartz
    American psychologist (1946 - )
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  • Charlotte Brontë Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • Barbara Boxer President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Bill Richardson President Clinton will, I think, lift everyone's spirit. He was a good president, an economic, balanced budget president. And President Obama, I believe, has been a very good president, too, and we will get reelected. You watch.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Bev Perdue President Obama is also standing up for women in North Carolina and across our country. He has helped women fight for equal pay for equal work; he has fought to guarantee that women have access to quality, affordable health care, including making sure that insurance plans cover birth control with no out-of-pocket cost.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro President Obama's consistent agenda has been to weaken the United States and our allies in pursuit of a more 'balanced' global power structure.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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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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  • Mark Twain Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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