Quotes with nine-and-a-half

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  • Carl Gustav Jung It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how things are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Carol Gilligan It all goes back, of course, to Adam and Eve - a story which shows among other things, that if you make a woman out of a man, you are bound to get into trouble.
    Source: In a Different Voice
    Carol Gilligan
    American feminist, ethicist and psychologist (1936 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Bill Budge It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.
    Bill Budge
    American video game programmer and designer (1954 - )
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  • Khaled Hosseini It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.
    Source: The Kite Runner
    Khaled Hosseini
    Afghan-born American novelist and physician (1965 - )
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  • Paul Auster It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.
    Source: Oracle Night (2009) 35
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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  • Ben Marcus It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.
    Ben Marcus
    American author and professor
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  • Beny Steinmetz It angers me that a timed, planned and paid smearing campaign is run against me in the press.
    Beny Steinmetz
    Israeli businessman
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  • B. W. Powe It began in images and it ended in symbolism.
    Source: Mystic Trudeau - The Fire And the Rose Forms, Eulogies, Images and Symbols, p. 160
    B. W. Powe
    Canadian poet, novelist and teacher (1955 - )
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  • Diane Ackerman It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
    Diane Ackerman
    American poet, essayist, savage and naturalist (1948 - )
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  • Bob Costas It brings to mind a story Mickey liked to tell on himself. He pictured himself at the pearly gates, met by St. Peter, who shook his head and said, 'Mick, we checked the record. We know some of what went on. Sorry, we can't let you in, but before you go, God wants to know if you'd sign these six dozen baseballs.
    Source: Eulogy for Mickey Mantle, Dallas, Tex., 15 August 1995
    Bob Costas
    American sportscaster (1952 - )
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  • A. E. van Vogt It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
    A. E. van Vogt
    Canadian-born science fiction author (1912 - 2000)
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  • Cass Sunstein It can be easy and tempting, especially during a presidential campaign, to listen only to opinions that mirror and fortify one's own. That's not ideal, because it eliminates learning and makes it impossible for people to understand what they dismiss as 'the other side.'
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • T. S. Eliot It cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labor.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Angela Merkel It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Ben Schnetzer It certainly isn't like I'm reading scripts thinking I need to do something really different. But you want to stretch yourself and challenge yourself; that's really the major turnon when you're going into work.
    Ben Schnetzer
    American actor (1990 - )
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  • Campbell Brown It comes down to what your priorities are, and if public education is about kids, then every decision we make should be focused on the question of 'Is this good for a child?' And that should be the driving focus and the priority when we decide what our policies should be and what our laws should be.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Carol Burnett It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Blair Underwood It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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