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  • W. H. Auden A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Paul Bourget A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another.
    Paul Bourget
    French writer (1852 - 1935)
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  • Seneca A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Woodrow Wilson A radical is one of whom people say ''He goes too far.'' A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ''doesn't go far enough.'' Then there is the reactionary, ''one who doesn't go at all.'' All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • W. H. Auden A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Walter Winchell A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
    Walter Winchell
    American newspaper and radio commentator (1897 - 1972)
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  • Lydia M. Child A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
    Lydia M. Child
    American Abolitionist, Writer, Editor (1802 - 1880)
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  • Rob Cella A relationship is like a rose, How long it lasts, no one knows; Love can erase an awful past, Love can be yours, you'll see at last; To feel that love, it makes you sigh, To have it leave, you'd rather die; You hope you've found that special rose, 'Cause you love and care for the one you chose.
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  • Bjorn Lomborg A review was published in Nature, very scathing, essentially calling me incompetent, though they didn't use that word. I am putting a reply on my Web site in a few days, where I go through their arguments, paragraph by paragraph.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Mao Tse-Tung A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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  • Ramsey Clark A right is not what someone gives you, it's what no one can take away from you.
    Ramsey Clark
    American lawyer and activist (1927 - )
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  • William Hazlitt A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Bela Lugosi A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.
    Bela Lugosi
    Hungarian-American actor (1882 - 1956)
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  • Bruce Sterling A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially, politically and economically, is going to come from a much larger trend.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • William Cowper A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Oscar Wilde A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Chester Nimitz A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.
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  • Aaron Spelling A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?
    Aaron Spelling
    American film and television (1923 - 2006)
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