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  • Benjamin Franklin I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • A. R. Ammons I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Buddy Rich I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night.
    Buddy Rich
    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917 - 1987)
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  • Charles Dickens I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Thomas Jefferson I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Gordon B. Hinckley I've never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don't think it is necessary.
    Gordon B. Hinckley
    American religious leader and author (1910 - 2008)
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  • Guy Debord Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea.
    Guy Debord
    French philosopher (1931 - 1994)
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  • Ouida If all feeling for grace and beauty were not extinguished in the mass of mankind at the actual moment, such a method of locomotion as cycling could never have found acceptance; no man or woman with the slightest aesthetic sense could assume the ludicrous position necessary for it.
    Ouida
    English novelist, pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé (1839 - 1908)
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  • Maria Montessori If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.
    Maria Montessori
    Italian educationalist (1870 - 1952)
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  • Lord Melbourne If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done.
    Lord Melbourne
    British Statesman, Prime Minister (1779 - 1848)
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  • Bart Gordon If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
    Bart Gordon
    American lawyer (1949 - )
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Bob Corker If the Senate can't perform its most basic responsibilities, I worry about how we're going to make the tough decisions and do the hard work that will be necessary to get our country on a path to fiscal solvency.
    Bob Corker
    American businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Henry Kissinger If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
    Henry Kissinger
    American politician (1923 - 2023)
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  • Bob Kerrey If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. It's not clear how they will do it, but it never is.
    Bob Kerrey
    American politician (1943 - )
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  • William Hazlitt If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • René Descartes If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
    René Descartes
    French philosopher, scientist (1596 - 1650)
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  • Anatole France Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Thomas Malthus In general it may be said that demand is quite as necessary to the increase of capital as the increase of capital is to demand.
    Principles of Political Economy (1836) II, I, IV
    Thomas Malthus
    English cleric and scholar (1766 - 1834)
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  • Oscar Wilde In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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