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  • Alexander Henry I retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left.
    Alexander Henry
    American painter
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  • Charles Dickens I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Raymond Chandler I said something which gave you to think I hated cats. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • T. S. Eliot I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Angela Merkel I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Arthur Rimbaud I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.
    Arthur Rimbaud
    French poet (1854 - 1891)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • William Shakespeare I say there is no darkness but ignorance.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Blake I see every thing I paint in this world, but everybody does not see alike. To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Angela Merkel I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Aulus Gellius I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher.
    Aulus Gellius
    Roman author and grammarian
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  • Oscar Wilde I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Douglas Adams I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Martin Luther I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.
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  • Margaret Thatcher I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Anna Akhmatova I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars.
    Anna Akhmatova
    Russian poet (1889 - 1966)
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  • Bryan Brown I simply went down there to catch up with an old mate of mine, who owns the place. He's the one who wrote the book on the place, but no, no movie, just a beer.
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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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  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    English writer (1689 - 1762)
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  • Madonna I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
    Madonna
    American musician, singer and actress (1958 - )
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