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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Eric Hoffer Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Lord George Byron None are all evil,
    quickening round his heart,
    one softer feeling would not yet depart.
    The corsair 1, 12, 1
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Baruch Spinoza None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • John Milton None can love freedom heartily, but good men... the rest love not freedom, but license.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Anita Borg None of these devices address that women keep track of many people's lives, not just their own.
    Anita Borg
    American computer scientist (1949 - 2003)
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  • Bill James None of us are claiming that the statistical analysts understand the game of football as well as the football coaches do, or that our analysis should take precedence over the informed opinions of experts. I'm not saying that at all.
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Edward Young None think the great unhappy, but the great.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Pearl S. Buck None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Barbara Deming Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Barbara Deming Nonviolent actions does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Barbara Deming Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Jodie Foster Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
    Jodie Foster
    American actress and filmmaker (born 1962) (1962 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war, not merely peace for Americans, but peace for all men; not merely peace in our time, but peace for all time.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Carol Ann Duffy Not a red rose or a satin heart.
    I give you an onion.
    It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
    It promises light
    like the careful undressing of love... I am trying to be truthful.
    Valentine, from Mean Time (1993)
    Carol Ann Duffy
    British poet and playwright (1955 - )
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  • Bob Woodward Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Camille Paglia Not a shred of evidence supports the existence of matriarchy anywhere in the world at any time. The matriarchy hypothesis, revived by American feminism, continues to flourish outside the university
    Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Bill Bailey Not a very well-known fact, but on planes they always carry a trombone just in case there's a disaster and they need to keep morale up. All cabin crew - fully proficient in the trombone. And of course there's a double facility: if you ditch at sea, it can be used as a snorkel.
    Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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