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  • James Baldwin A devotion to humanity is... too easily equated with a devotion to a Cause, and Causes, as we know, are notoriously bloodthirsty.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Abdelaziz Bouteflika A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.
    Abdelaziz Bouteflika
    Algerian politician (1937 - )
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  • Will Rogers A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Billy Wilder A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.
    Billy Wilder
    Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and artist (1906 - 2002)
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  • Edmund Burke A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Bill Viola A doctor once told me that with crying you aren't sure what its derivation is. If someone comes at you with a knife, you don't cry: you scream, you try to run. When it's over and you're OK, that's when you cry.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • John Calvin A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
    John Calvin
    French theologian, pastor and reformer (1509 - 1564)
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  • Robert Benchley A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
    Robert Benchley
    American humorist, criticus (1889 - 1945)
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  • Aesop A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Arthur Keith A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal proceeding to try and recoup that money. Given the profession's notoriously low wages, however, it's probably not worth the publicity headache and legal fees. No news organization has ever pursued such a case.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Alexander Haig A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.
    Alexander Haig
    American politician (1924 - 2010)
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  • Joseph Fort Newton A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.
    Joseph Fort Newton
    American Baptist minister (1876 - 1950)
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  • Luigi Pirandello A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.
    Luigi Pirandello
    Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • John B. S. Haldane A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Augustus William Hare A faith that sets bounds to itself, that will believe so much and no more, that will trust thus far and no further, is none.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Bob Harrington A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.
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  • Charles Swindoll A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
    Charles Swindoll
    American Pastor, writer
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  • Buzz Aldrin A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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