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  • Bret Harte The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Bob Marley The devil ain't got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil's a good friend, too... because when you don't know him, that's the time he can mosh you down.
    Bob Marley
    Jamaican singer-songwriter (1945 - 1981)
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  • Alexander Pope The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
    Second State of the Union address (1862)
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Caitlin Moran The doughy-faced woman has been forced to sit on the sidelines of culture for too long, and it's now time for us to stand up with our big round faces like the moon and say we have things to say, too. We have a round-faced agenda we want to push.
    Caitlin Moran
    English journalist, author, and broadcaster (1975 - )
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  • Brad Falchuk The East Coast, and certainly Boston, has a provincial quality to it that makes it harder to bust out and move up. Try to be too different and they'll pull you down.
    Brad Falchuk
    American television writer, director, and producer (1971 - )
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  • Alva Myrdal The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Bill Veeck The Falstaff people, romantics all, went for it. They were so anxious to find out what I was going to do that they could hardly bear to wait out the two weeks. I was rather anxious to find out what I was going to do, too.
    Bill Veeck
    American Major League Baseball franchise owner and promoter (1914 - )
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  • C. Wright Mills The family provides the army and navy with the best men and boys that it possesses. And, as we have seen, education and science too are becoming means to the ends sought by the military.
    The Power Elite (1956)
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Amelia E. Barr The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.
    Amelia E. Barr
    British novelist and teacher (1831 - 1919)
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  • Edmund Waller The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
    Edmund Waller
    English poet and politician (1606 - 1687)
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  • Bethany Mota The first day back to school, you never want to wear your best outfit. You're setting the bar too high for yourself! Then the rest of the school year, you'll feel so much pressure! Wear something cute, but save your best outfit for a day when no one expects it.
    Bethany Mota
    American video blogger (1995 - )
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  • Andre Maurois The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
    Andre Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Ghose Aurobindo The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.
    Ghose Aurobindo
    Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist (1872 - 1950)
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  • Woody Allen The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Lionel Trilling The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the self in its quarrel with its society and its culture. Literature is in that sense subversive.
    Lionel Trilling
    American Critic (1905 - 1975)
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  • Anna Quindlen The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Bob Geldof The girls are a complete joy and I love their passion. They argue with me like mad and I love that too.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Bernie Sanders The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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