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  • Woodrow Wilson I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Brooke Shields I have always liked lionesses. Female lions have always seemed like the best. They were really strong and took care of their babies and are beautiful.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Noel Coward I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday.
    Noel Coward
    British writer (1899 - 1973)
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  • John Locke I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Abu Bakr I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.
    Abu Bakr
    Companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (573 - 634)
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  • William Butler Yeats I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Calvin Coolidge I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Frank Moore Colby I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.
    Frank Moore Colby
    American Editor, Essayist (1865 - 1925)
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  • Lee Iacocca I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Martin Luther I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.
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  • Bruce Vilanch I have one rave 'New York Times' review framed next to a flop 'Los Angeles Times' review. And it's for the same show. These people watched the same show. That's what happens. They love it, they hate it.
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ernest Hemingway I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Josh Billings I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Anthony Trollope I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Andy Rooney I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Bruce Coville I know what I'm going to write for the next three years. It's frustrating, because if I get a good new idea, I have to put it aside.
    Bruce Coville
    American author (1950 - )
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  • Agatha Christie I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Euripides I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Col. Harland Sanders I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
    Col. Harland Sanders
    American businessman, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) (1890 - 1980)
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