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  • Samuel Johnson It is better that some should be unhappy than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Caleb Cushing It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.
    Caleb Cushing
    American Democratic politician and diplomat (1800 - 1879)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Bill Dedman It's hard to say whether the general incidence of school violence of all types is increasing or not.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bobby Moynihan It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.
    Bobby Moynihan
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1977 - )
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  • Benazir Bhutto It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • John Adams Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Literature must become party literature. Down with unpartisan litterateurs! Down with the superman of literature! Literature must become a part of the general cause of the proletariat.
    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
    Russian revolutionary leader (1870 - 1924)
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  • Bernie Sanders Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in general, that visit will cost ten times more than walking into a community health center.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Leo Tolstoy Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
    Leo Tolstoy
    Russian writer (1828 - 1910)
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  • Joseph De Maistre Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
    Joseph De Maistre
    French diplomat and philosopher (1753 - 1821)
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  • Samuel Johnson Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Julius Caesar Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
    Julius Caesar
    Roman emperor (101 - 44)
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  • Machiavelli Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Bill Dedman More than 30 of America's 100 nuclear power reactors have the same brand of General Electric reactors or containment system used in Fukushima.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bill Moseley My grandfather and dad worked at General American Transportation Corp. in Chicago, a company that made tank cars and freight cars. We had a pragmatic, Republican, manufacturing, Illinois consciousness as far as employment went.
    Bill Moseley
    American film actor and musician (1951 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bob McDonnell My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General.
    Bob McDonnell
    American politician and lawyer (1954 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Napoleon: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. Giuseppe: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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