Quotes with not-so-great

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  • Plato Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Francis Bacon Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Shashi Tharoor Im not a techno-determinist. I believe we need to improve our existing human resources, and technology can only be a complement.
    Shashi Tharoor
    Indian politician and writer (1956 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Imagination is not a talent of some people but is the health of everyone.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Francis Bacon Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Vladimir Nabokov Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much.
    Vladimir Nabokov
    American writer and poet (1899 - 1977)
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  • John Lennon Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
    John Lennon
    British musician (1940 - 1980)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • James Fenton Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.
    James Fenton
    English poet, journalist and literary (1949 - )
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  • Marcel Proust Impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, we make our irrevocable decisions
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Ben Bernanke Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very severe, lasted essentially from 1929 to 1933.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • E. M. Cioran Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Bernard Sahlins Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.
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  • Cass Sunstein In 'The Force Awakens,' women as well as men are in positions of authority. And you don't have to work hard to do that - it's not a statement, it's the world.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Burt Rutan In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries.
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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  • Billie Jean King In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Bobby Rahal In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight.
    Bobby Rahal
    American auto racing driver (1953 - )
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  • Carl Icahn In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave money back to any investor who requested it. It was the bottom of the market and a pretty tough time.
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  • Benjamin Booker In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to. My family, we were not big communicators. I had a hard time talking to people in general.
    Benjamin Booker
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1989 - )
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