Quotes with plank

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• Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipice below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail.

  Pensees (1669)

  Blaise Pascal
  French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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• The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.

  Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ (1917)

  Billy Sunday
  American athlete and evangelist (1862 - 1935)
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• When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.

  Bob Newhart
  American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• philosopher
• imagination
• democratic
• temperance
• republican
• election

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