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  • Will Durant It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Baruch Spinoza It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Sir Roger L'Estrange It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss.
    Sir Roger L'Estrange
    English journalist (1616 - 1702)
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  • Ben Bernanke It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Benjamin Graham It must be fundamentally wrong to reduce production of food and fiber while one-third of our population is still ill fed and ill clothed.
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    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Andrew Lloyd Webber It must have been an extraordinary time. I guess the worrying thing about musical theatre to me, is if you look at the London season this year, mine is actually the only one to have come in.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    English composer and impresario (1948 - )
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  • Alice Walker It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Rollo May It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
    Rollo May
    American psychologist
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  • Søren Kierkegaard It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Louis de Bernieres It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend off the contentment that we all fear and abhor so much.
    Louis de Bernieres
    British novelist (1954 - )
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  • Anne Tyler It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Billy Connolly It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things.
    Billy Connolly
    Scottish stand-up comedian, musician, actor (1942 - )
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  • Francoise Sagan It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the ''fronts'' people assume before one another's eyes, and the ''front'' a writer puts on the face of reality.
    Francoise Sagan
    French writer (1935 - 2004)
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  • Barbara Mandrell It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
    Barbara Mandrell
    American country music singer, musician, and actress (1948 - )
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  • Carl Sagan It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas... If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you... On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne It should be noted that children's games are not merely games. One should regard them as their most serious activities.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Machiavelli It should be noted that when he seizes a state the new ruler ought to determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He should inflict them once and for all, and not have to renew them every day.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Bruce Cockburn It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are mostly young people, full of enthusiasm and energy, and that's an exciting thing for an old guy like me.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Mark Twain It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Robert H. Schuller It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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