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  • James Baldwin Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Douglas Adams Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Beeban Kidron The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, 'Miracle in Milan.' It's a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Agnes Repplier A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.
    Agnes Repplier
    American writer and social criticus (1855 - 1950)
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  • Helen Rowland A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Robert Graves A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good.
    Robert Graves
    English poet, historical novelist, critic and classicist (1895 - 1985)
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  • Matthew Prior And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
    Matthew Prior
    British diplomat, poet (1664 - 1721)
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  • Cate Blanchett Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Bill James Baseball would be a quite remarkable activity if it was the one place in the world where your co-workers didn't have any impact on how productive you were. But in fact, baseball is a high-stress occupation, and those sort of stress-inducing activities... just have a huge impact on how the team functions, I think.
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
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  • Calamity Jane By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age.
    Calamity Jane
    American frontierswoman (1852 - 1903)
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  • Aldous Huxley Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Arthur Conan Doyle His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    British writer and medical doctor (1859 - 1930)
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  • W. J. Reichmann Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labeled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions!
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  • Byron Dorgan I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Auguste Rodin I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. [when asked how he managed to make his remarkable statues.]
    Auguste Rodin
    French sculptor (1840 - 1917)
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  • Josh Billings I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Eric Hoffer It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • A. N. Wilson It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel Life is a miracle, and we need to not fear trying to achieve our potential and reveal the remarkable creation we and all living things are and that our Creator has built into us the ability to induce self-healing.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Boris Pasternak Most people experience love, without noticing that there is anything remarkable about it.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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