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  • Bob Newhart This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Desiderius Erasmus This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating children; I imagine this is because Nature wants to ensure that the evils of wisdom shall not spread further throughout mankind.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Quentin Crisp This woman did not fly to extremes; she lived there.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung This world is empty to him alone who does not understand how to direct his libido towards objects, and to render them alive and beautiful for himself, for Beauty does not indeed lie in things, but in the feeling that we give to them.
    Source: The Psychology of the Unconscious (1943)
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Aaron Allston This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow.
    Aaron Allston
    American game designer and author (1960 - 2014)
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  • Hubert Humphrey This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Eric Hoffer Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Henry Thomas Buckle Those minute critics who seem to think that when they detect the occasional errors of a great man, they in some degree reduce him to their own level.
    Source: History of civilization II, 314
    Henry Thomas Buckle
    English historian (1821 - 1862)
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  • Arthur Henderson Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Cate Blanchett Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Billy Graham Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Those Romans who perpetrated the rape of the Sabines, for example, did not work themselves up for the deed by screening Debbie Does Dallas, and the monkish types who burned a million or so witches in the Middle Ages had almost certainly not come across Boobs and Buns or related periodicals.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Bob Geldof Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't about how family life was curtailing because I didn't know family life.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • William Butler Yeats Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • William Butler Yeats Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Cullen Hightower Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
    Cullen Hightower
    American quotation and quip writer (1923 - 2008)
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  • Plutarch Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • William Hazlitt Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Samuel Johnson Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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