Quotes with not-so-fun

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  • Francis Bacon Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Jules Renard Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Joseph Conrad Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Lao-Tzu Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Boris Johnson Try as I might, I could not look at an overhead projection of a growth profit matrix, and stay conscious.
    Source: Beth Pearson, Has Howard got news for Boris?, The Herald (Glasgow), 13 November 2004, p. 15.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Charles Schultz Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.
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  • Billy Casper Try to think where you want to put the ball not where you don't want it to go.
    Billy Casper
    American professional golfer (1931 - )
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  • Arianna Huffington Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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  • Billy Beane Trying to build a team over the course of the winter to put on the field is really just half the job. Because if your best players go down, it's not so much him going down as who you replace him with, which ultimately might have the biggest impact on how you end up finishing. So you want to have both a belt and suspenders for support.
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Winston Churchill Trying to maintain good relations with a Communist is like wooing a crocodile. You do not know whether to tickle it under the chin or beat it over the head. When it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Confucius Tsze-Kung asked, saying, is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?'' The Master said, ''Is not Reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Betty Williams Turmoil is everywhere, and the whole world is waiting for solutions to come from the top down. That's not how it works - community change from the bottom up makes a real difference.
    Betty Williams
    Irish activist (1943 - 2020)
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  • Beilby Porteus Twas not enough By subtle fraud to snatch a single life; Puny impiety! whole kingdoms fell To sate the lust of power: more horrid still, The foulest stain and scandal of our nature, Became its boast. One murder made a villain; Millions a hero.
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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  • Byron Howard Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook, it's so amazing because years ago, when I was growing up and watching movies, there was no way for us to interact with filmmakers at all. You could send a letter, and you'd never know if you were going to hear back or not.
    Byron Howard
    American film director and producer (1968 - )
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  • Alfred Korzybski Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.
    Alfred Korzybski
    Polish-American independent scholar (1879 - 1950)
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  • Nikita Ivanovich Panin Two men please God - who serves Him with all his heart because he knows Him; who seeks Him with all his heart because he knows Him not.
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  • Judith Guest Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and mind, to each other, how did we get so far apart so fast?
    Judith Guest
     
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  • Aldous Huxley Ultimate Reality is not clearly and immediately apprehended except by those who have made themselves loving, pure in heart and poor in spirit.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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