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  • Edwin P. Whipple An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.
    Edwin P. Whipple
    American essay writer (1819 - 1886)
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  • Elbert Hubbard An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Samuel Smiles An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Bell Hooks An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of any given time; they also create it.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Alexander Pope And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Betty Ford And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink.' Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'
    Betty Ford
    American First Lady (1918 - 2011)
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  • Brandi Chastain And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates.
    Brandi Chastain
    American soccer player (1968 - )
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  • Al Franken And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • Alice Walker And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Alfred Marshall And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.
    Alfred Marshall
    British economist (1842 - 1924)
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  • Alfred Marshall And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Eric Hoffer Animals often strike us as passionate machines.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Bill Maris Antibiotics are so pervasive that they are often prescribed preemptively, as soon as patients report symptoms, before a diagnosis is made.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Tryon Edwards Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • Leonard Cohen Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.
    Leonard Cohen
    Canadian-born American Musician, Songwriter, Singer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Robert Collier Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Alvin Adams Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.
    Alvin Adams
    American businessman (1804 - 1877)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Oscar Wilde Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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