Quotes with not-so-great

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  • Bradley Denton In most Life Situations, the truth is irrelevant. Once in a great while, however, it's the only thing you've got.
    Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede (1991)
    Bradley Denton
    American science fiction author (1958 - )
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  • Carl Sagan In Mozambique, the story goes, monkeys do not talk, because they know if they utter even a single word some man will come and put them to work.
    Contact (1985) Ch. 18 (p. 313)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Nicholson Baker In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.
    Nicholson Baker
    American novelist and essayist (1957 - )
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  • Andrew Cohen In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so!
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Bobby Moynihan In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B.
    Bobby Moynihan
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1977 - )
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  • A. J. P. Taylor In my opinion we learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. We study it, as we listen to music or read poetry, for pleasure, not for instruction
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Ben Carson In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Alice Munro In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes the way I do this is not very straightforward.
    Alice Munro
    Canadian short story writer (1931 - )
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  • Bruno Mars In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's the emotion and the melody that drive it home.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • William Shakespeare In my stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness ;thrust upon em.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bernie Sanders In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Charles M. Schwab In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.
    Charles M. Schwab
    American industrialist (1862 - 1939)
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  • Bing Gordon In my world, I read resumes upside down, so I start with personal interests. So if somebody doesn't have believable, interesting interests, they're not going to work in a creative business.
    Bing Gordon
    American video game executive and technology venture capitalist
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  • Will Durant In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Gilbert Adair In New York - whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame - not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements . Even the most chronically dispossessed appear prepared to endorse the legitimacy of the ''haves.''
    Gilbert Adair
    Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. (1944 - 2011)
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  • Salvador Dali In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Ben Horowitz In order to build a great technology company, you have to hire lots of incredibly smart people. It's a total waste to have lots of big brains but not let them work on your biggest problems.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Don Marquis In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Adrienne Rich In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our bodies (though control is a prerequisite); we must touch the unity and resonance of our physicality, our bond with the natural order, the corporeal grounds of our intelligence.
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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