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  • Thomas Jefferson I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Calvin Coolidge I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis on the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Anne Frank I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Jim Bakker I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.
    Jim Bakker
    American televangelist (1940 - )
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  • Simone Weil I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • E. M. Forster I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves.
    Source: Two Cheers for Democracy (1951) A Book That Influenced Me
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • E. M. Forster I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Alice James I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
    Alice James
    American diarist (1848 - 1892)
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  • George Bernard Shaw I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • George Eliot I tell you there isn't a thing under the sun that needs to be done at all, but what a man can do better than a woman, unless it's bearing children, and they do that in a poor make-shift way; it had better ha been left to the men.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Harold Pinter I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
    Harold Pinter
    English playwright, screenwriter and director (1930 - 2008)
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  • Jung Chang I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about.
    Jung Chang
    Chinese-born British writer (1952 - )
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  • Peter Ackroyd I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive.
    Peter Ackroyd
    English biographer, novelist and critic (1949 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Paul Auster I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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  • Bryce Harper I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Burn Gorman I think it makes a difference when the actors are enjoying it more than anything because we have a real blast on 'Torchwood.'
    Burn Gorman
    British actor and musician (1974 - )
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  • Tiger Woods I think it's an honor to be a role model to one person or maybe more than that. If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.
    Tiger Woods
    American professional golfer (1975 - )
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  • Lucille Ball I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
    Lucille Ball
    American actress, producer (1911 - 1989)
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  • Ace Frehley I think most of the people, once you see a Kiss show, you kinda get spoiled because I don't think there's anybody out there that's doing a bigger or a better show than us.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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