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  • Eric Hoffer To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • George Orwell To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Walt Whitman To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Lenny Bruce Today's comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an ''act'' and he told the audience, ''This is my act.'' Today's comic is not doing an act. The audience assumes he's telling the truth. What is truth today may be a damn lie next week.
    Lenny Bruce
    American Comedian (1925 - 1966)
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  • James T. Mccay Tomorrow, you promise yourself, will be different, yet, tomorrow is too often a repetition of today.
    James T. Mccay
    American author
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  • Bernard Crick Too often the revolutionary is the man who must create order in the chaos left by failed conservatives.
    In Defence Of Politics Ch. 6, A Defence of Politics Against False Friends
    Bernard Crick
    British political theorist (1929 - 2008)
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  • Winston Churchill Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Leo Buscaglia Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
    Leo Buscaglia
    American author and motivational speaker (1924 - 1998)
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  • Barbara Delinsky Too often, I've seen instances where we have an idea of what we want to be, where we want to go, and with whom - before life steps in the way, throws something at us that is beyond our control, and changes everything.
    Barbara Delinsky
    American writer (1945 - )
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  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Arthur Koestler True creativity often starts where language ends.
    Arthur Koestler
    Hungarian Born British Writer (1905 - 1983)
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  • Akhenaton True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
    Akhenaton
    Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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  • Anne Wilson Schaef Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster.
    Anne Wilson Schaef
    American clinical psychologist and author
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  • Barry Ritholtz Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • William Blake Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Anais Nin Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • William Penn Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Bum Phillips Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.
    Bum Phillips
    American football coach (1923 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Unbidden guests are often welcomest when they are gone.
    Henry VI (1590)
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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