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  • B. F. Skinner A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Buddha A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Finley Peter Dunne A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
    Finley Peter Dunne
    American Journalist, Humorist (1867 - 1936)
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  • Aldous Huxley A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • George Orwell A fat man is never so happy as when he is describing himself as "robust".
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Thomas Malthus A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.
    Principles of Political Economy (1836) II, I, V
    Thomas Malthus
    English cleric and scholar (1766 - 1834)
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  • Bruno Rossi A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays.
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  • Cass Sunstein A few weeks ago, I was at the gym, talking to a friend about politics. Overhearing the conversation, a young man - maybe 25 years old - interrupted to say, 'Obama? He hasn't done a single thing!'
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Anton Chekhov A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Denzel Washington A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, ''Oh, I don't like it.'' One might say it's the best muffin ever made. One might say it's an awful muffin. It's hard for me to say. It's for me to make the muffin.
    Denzel Washington
    American actor, director, and producer (1954 - )
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  • Joseph Roux A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
    Joseph Roux
    French priest, writer and poet (1834 - 1905)
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  • Art Linkletter A finished product is one that has already seen its better days.
    Art Linkletter
    Canadian-born American radio and television personality (1912 - 2010)
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  • Samuel Johnson A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • William Shenstone A fool and his words are soon parted; a man of genius and his money.
    Essay on man, manners and things (1769)
    William Shenstone
    English poet (1714 - 1763)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • William Blake A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Erasmus Darwin A fool... is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.
    Letter (1792)
    Erasmus Darwin
    English physician, grandfather of Charles Darwin (1731 - 1802)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich A free-enterprise economy depends only on markets, and according to the most advanced mathematical macroeconomic theory, markets depend only on moods: specifically, the mood of the men in the pinstripes, also known as the Boys on the Street. When the Boys are in a good mood, the market thrives; when they get scared or sullen, it is time for each one of us to look into the retail apple business.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • William Cowper A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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