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  • Boris Johnson If gay marriage was OK ... then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel If God had made a perfect world, it would be a magic trick, not creation, with no meaning or place for us to learn and create. Mankind is not yet ready for a perfect world. We do not know how to appreciate perfection.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Zig Ziglar If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Mark Twain If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Ben Jonson If he were
    To be made honest by an act of parliament
    I should not alter in my faith of him.
    The Devil Is an Ass Act IV, scene 1.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Jonathan Swift If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Martin Luther If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.
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  • Rabbi Hillel If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
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  • Ben Schnetzer If I audition for a job that I don't get, to be honest with you, I'd rather my friend get it. I think there also has to be an acknowledgement of the fact that, as an actor, being in employment is not the norm.
    Ben Schnetzer
    American actor (1990 - )
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  • Brandon Routh If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.
    Brandon Routh
    American actor (1979 - )
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  • Barbara Kruger If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
    Barbara Kruger
    American artist (1945 - )
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  • Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Brett Hoebel If I could give one tip for people - it's not an exercise or nutrition regimen. It's to walk your talk and believe in yourself, because at the end of the day, the dumbbell and diet don't get you in shape. It's your accountability to your word.
    Brett Hoebel
    American personal trainer
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  • Caroline Wozniacki If I didn't love tennis, I wouldn't be playing. That's also why I don't know how long I will be playing because if I start feeling like this is not what I want to do anymore, that there's not really any reason anymore.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't embrace trouble; that's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say: meet it as a friend, for you'll see a lot of it, and had better be on speaking terms with it.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Anne Seward If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing.
    Anne Seward
    English poet (1742 - 1809)
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  • William Faulkner If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of us.
    William Faulkner
    American writer (1897 - 1962)
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