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  • John Major I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.
    John Major
    British politician (1943 - )
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • George Eliot I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Andrew Vachss I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
    Andrew Vachss
    American crime fiction author (1942 - )
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  • Robert Fulghum I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - that myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts - That hope always triumphs over experience - That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
    Robert Fulghum
    American author and minister (1937 - )
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  • Mae West I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
    Mae West
    American actress (1893 - 1980)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of God, is his private ail. Let this be righted, let the spring come to him, the morning rise over his couch, and he will forsake his generous companions without apology.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    Iranian politician and writer (1934 - 2017)
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  • Bruce Springsteen I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people feel like that. And I believe that it ain't over till it's over.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Dick Martin I belong to Bridegrooms Anonymous. Whenever I feel like getting married, they send over a lady in a housecoat and hair curlers to burn my toast for me.
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  • Abbe Pierre I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.
    Abbe Pierre
    French Catholic priest (born Henri Grous) (1912 - 2007)
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  • Aristotle I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Anthony Holden I decided he'd changed so much that a whole new book was required and that book actually I can say so was the first to say that the marriage was in trouble and the Prince didn't like at all and my book was being serialized in the Sunday Times over five weeks.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Oscar Wilde I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Javan I didn't ask for it to be over. But then again I didn't ask for it to begin. For that's the way it is with life, as some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunset
    Javan
     
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  • Brooke Elliott I don't have a permanent place where I live. I'm in Atlanta about six or seven months out of the year. I gave up on my place in New York. I don't have a place in L.A., but sometimes when I go there for the hiatus, I stay in temporary housing. It's all over the place, and I don't know where I live!
    Brooke Elliott
    American actress and singer (1974 - )
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  • Anne Ford I don't know if we ever fully get over the pain of watching a child trying to find their way through a world that too often doesn't understand.
    Anne Ford
    English musician and singer (1737 - 1824)
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  • Warren Buffett I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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  • Umberto Eco I don't miss my youth. I'm glad I had one, but I wouldn't like to start over.
    Umberto Eco
    Italian writer and critic (1932 - 2016)
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  • Bruce Dickinson I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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