Quotes with often-uncontroversial

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  • Edgar Quinet Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
    Edgar Quinet
    French poet, historian and politician (1803 - 1875)
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  • Barbara Jordan Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
    Speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Bruce Lee Time means a lot to me because, you see, i, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
    Striking Thoughts (2000)
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • Allen Klein To a child, often the box a toy came in is more appealing than the toy itself.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • A. W. Tozer To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.
    A. W. Tozer
    American Christian pastor, preacher and author
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  • Charles Caleb Colton To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Charles Horton Cooley To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.
    Charles Horton Cooley
    American sociologist (1864 - 1929)
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  • Winston Churchill To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • John Henry Newman To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
    John Henry Newman
    English theologian (1801 - 1890)
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  • William Wordsworth To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Baltasar Gracián To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Barbara Grizzuti Harrison To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily existence is a perversity often indulged in by artists, husbands, intellectuals - and critics of the Women's Movement.
    Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
    American journalist, essayist and memoirist (1934 - 2002)
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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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  • 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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