Quotes with not-so-funny

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  • Tom Wolfe The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction.
    Tom Wolfe
    American author and journalist (1930 - 2018)
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  • Anna Quindlen The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Caleb Cushing The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of slavery in the States, have been cited. It has been said that those petitions were not received.
    Caleb Cushing
    American Democratic politician and diplomat (1800 - 1879)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh The process of meditation does not take you to some new world; it only introduces you to the world where you have been for lives upon lives. The process of meditation does not add anything to you; it only takes away what is wrong, cuts it away, sheds it off.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Bob Greene The professionalism of wire service reporters is constantly being tested because reporters know that if they're late or sloppy on a story, it will show up because the competition is likely to be not late and not sloppy.
    Bob Greene
    American journalist and author (1947 - )
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  • Joseph R. Sizoo The progress of the world is the history of men who would not permit defeat to speak the final word.
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  • C. S. Lewis The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Benjamin Cardozo The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.
    Law is Justice: Notable Opinions of Mr. Justice Cardozo
    Benjamin Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • John Adams The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Alan Dershowitz The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions.
    Alan Dershowitz
    American lawyer and author (1938 - )
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  • Brendan Francis The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?
    Brendan Francis
    Irish poet and writer (1923 - 1964)
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  • Camille Paglia The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men but rather their conqueror, an outlaw who controls the sexual channel between nature and culture.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Samuel Butler The public do not know enough to be experts, but know enough to decide between them.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Theresa May The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
    Theresa May
    British politician (1956 - )
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  • Edith Sitwell The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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  • Jawaharlal Nehru The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Indian nationalist and statesman (1889 - 1964)
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Henry David Thoreau The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • David Gemmell The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Alan Cohen The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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