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  • Van Morrison In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing.
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • William Tecumseh Sherman In our Country one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
    William Tecumseh Sherman
    American soldier, businessman, educator and author (1820 - 1891)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Bruno Schulz In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night.
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  • George Orwell In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Frank Dane In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.
    Frank Dane
    British actor
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  • Plato In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Billy Bush In radio I had one, maybe two people who cared about getting it done. I'd really be a loser if I forgot where I came from. So I show them the love. And how hard is it really to be interested in someone's life?
    Billy Bush
    American radio and television host (1971 - )
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  • Beverley Mitchell In real life, one of my friends was killed in a car accident during our sophomore year.
    Beverley Mitchell
    American actress and singer (1981 - )
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  • Carla Bruni In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
    Carla Bruni
    Italian-French singer-songwriter (1967 - )
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  • B. H. Liddell Hart In reality, it is more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
    B. H. Liddell Hart
    British soldier and military historian (1895 - 1970)
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  • B. H. Liddell Hart In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
    B. H. Liddell Hart
    British soldier and military historian (1895 - 1970)
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  • Cass Sunstein In recent years, Republicans have argued that Congress is a more responsible policymaker than the executive branch. But when it comes to regulation, Congress is often much worse, and for just one reason: Executive agencies almost always focus on both costs and benefits, and Congress usually doesn't.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Beck In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool. On paper, though, it's all stripped back. The musical idea is the one that wins.
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Franz Kafka In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Andrew Coyle Bradley In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character.
    Andrew Coyle Bradley
    American lawyer (1844 - 1902)
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  • Arthur Henderson In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • John Erksine In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up, and goes.
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