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  • William Lloyd Garrison Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present.
    William Lloyd Garrison
    American abolitionist, journalist and suffragist (1805 - 1879)
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  • Abdul Kalam Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • John Bunyan Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
    John Bunyan
    British writer (1628 - 1688)
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  • Ann Macbeth Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the mineral boom happening, so there was immense growth for industrial training films, documentaries to do with the mining, and the outback world.
    Ann Macbeth
    British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author (1875 - 1948)
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  • Kahlil Gibran Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • A. N. Wilson Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Abraham Cowley Th' adorning thee with so much art Is but a barbarous skill; 'Tis like the poisoning of a dart, Too apt before to kill.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Thank goodness we don't have only serious problems, but ridiculous ones as well.
    Selected Writings on Computing (1982) p. 101
    Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
    Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (1930 - 2002)
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  • John Updike That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Arne Jacobsen That business of relaxation, which is so terribly modern today, is all good and well, but my work interests me so much, and is so varied, that many times it seems relaxing when I go from one aspect to another.
    Arne Jacobsen
    Danish architect and designer (1902 - 1971)
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  • Bode Miller That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Antonio Porchia That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.
    Antonio Porchia
    Argentinian poet (1885 - 1968)
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  • Arthur Miller That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker?
    Arthur Miller
    American Dramatist (1915 - 2005)
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  • Barbara Mandrell That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.
    Barbara Mandrell
    American country music singer, musician, and actress (1948 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.
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    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Blair Underwood That is the thing I'm most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best -make it all up -but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Benny Goodman That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.
    Benny Goodman
    American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909 - 1986)
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