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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton I am more than a devil; I am a man. I can do the one thing which Satan himself cannot do— I can die.
    The Man Who Was Thursday
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Charlotte Brontë I am neither a man nor a woman but an author.
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • Max Lerner I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.
    Max Lerner
    American Author, Columnist (1902 - 1992)
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  • Simone Weil I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Vincent Van Gogh I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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  • Socrates I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Angela Merkel I am not an expert in this field but I do try to keep up to date with the Bundesliga. And I do follow World Cups and European Championships more closely.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Edna Ferber I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.
    Edna Ferber
    American writer (1885 - 1968)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live the best life that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right and part from him when he goes wrong.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Tom Hopkins I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.
    Tom Hopkins
    English professional footballer (1911 - )
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  • Albert Einstein I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Amy Hempel I am not quite myself, I think. But who here is quite himself? And yet there is a way in which we are all more ourselves than ever, I suppose.
    Rick Moody (2007) 236
    Amy Hempel
    American short story writer and journalist (1951 - )
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  • Byron Dorgan I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
    The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (2011) 97
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Edward F. Halifax I am of an Opinion, in which I am every Day more confirmed by Observation, that Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with Men, or else all the Obligations in the World will not create it. An outward Show may be made to satisfy Decency, and to prevent Reproach; but a real Sense of a kind thing is a Gift of Nature, and never was, nor can be acquired.
    Works (1912)
    Edward F. Halifax
    British Conservative Statesman (1881 - 1959)
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  • E. B. White I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Mark Twain I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Daisy Ashford I am partial to ladies if they are nice. I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it.
    Daisy Ashford
    English writer (1881 - 1972)
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  • Dame Edith Sitwell I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.
    Dame Edith Sitwell
    British poet (1887 - 1964)
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