Quotes with most-used

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  • Solomon Short Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed?
    Solomon Short
     
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  • John Ruskin Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Bobby Darin Nearly everything I do is part of a master plan to make me the most important entertainer in the world.
    Bobby Darin
    American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor (1936 - 1973)
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  • Babe Paley Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement.
    Babe Paley
    American socialite and style icon (1915 - 1978)
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  • Sigmund Freud Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Millicent Fenwick Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.
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  • Félix Lope de Vega Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
    Félix Lope de Vega
    Spanish playwright and poet (1562 - 1635)
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  • Cynthia Heimel Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.
    Cynthia Heimel
    American feminist and writer (1947 - 2018)
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  • Marquis de Sade Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Barbara Bush Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Kurt Vonnegut New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Johnny Carson New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.
    Johnny Carson
    American TV personality, businessman (1925 - 2005)
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  • Carter Burwell New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated - serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • John D. Rockefeller Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
    John D. Rockefeller
    American industrialist: founder Exxon (1839 - 1937)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • William Howard Taft Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.
    William Howard Taft
    American politician, judge and President of the United States (1857 - 1930)
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  • W. M. Thackeray Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Thomas C. Haliburton Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
    Thomas C. Haliburton
    Canadian jurist, writer (1796 - 1865)
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