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  • Al Gore As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change.
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Arthur Christopher Benson As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
    Arthur Christopher Benson
    English essayist, poet, author and academic (1862 - 1925)
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  • Bill Engvall As my wife says, I'll never fully retire, but it'll start to slow down. I'll continue to do the local gigs or go to Las Vegas. But I won't be going out to Ohio to play an Indian casino anymore. Those will probably go by the wayside.
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Albert Camus As usual I finish the day before the sea, sumptuous this evening beneath the moon, which writes Arab symbols with phosphorescent streaks on the slow swells. There is no end to the sky and the waters. How well they accompany sadness!
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Bill James Baseball does become slow sometimes. It's totally unnecessary. The - you can play baseball fast. You can play it slow, and for some reason, we have chosen to play it slow, you know, which is unfortunate, but nothing you can do about.
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
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  • Branch Rickey Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.
    Branch Rickey
    American baseball player (1881 - )
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Socrates Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • John Dryden Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Cass Sunstein Behavioral scientists distinguish between fast thinking and slow thinking. Fast thinking is represented in the mind's System 1: it is automatic, intuitive, and often emotional. Slow thinking, reflected in System 2, is deliberative and reflective; it likes statistics. It's hard to think of a purer System 1 candidate than Trump.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Amelia Earhart Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
    Amelia Earhart
    American aviation pioneer and author (1897 - 1937)
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  • Francis Quarles Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Alfred Whitney Griswold Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.
    Alfred Whitney Griswold
    American historian and educator (1906 - 1963)
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  • John Wesley Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.
    John Wesley
    British preacher (1703 - 1791)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Alexander Graham Bell Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator (1847 - 1922)
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  • William Pitt Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
    William Pitt
    British statesman (1759 - 1806)
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  • William Shakespeare Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons.
    Which at the first are scarce found to distaste,
    But with a little act upon the blood.
    Burn like the mines of Sulphur.
    Source: Othello 3, 3
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Billie Holiday Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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