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  • Paul Tillich Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
    Paul Tillich
    German-American theologian and philosopher (1886 - 1965)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bridget Moynahan Our structure has always been two homes, and that's all my son has ever known. So you balance it. Make sure you have good support with your family and friends and nannies.
    Bridget Moynahan
    American actress and model (1971 - )
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  • Bella Abzug Our struggle was political, ideological and economic, and we felt we couldn't make something of ourselves unless we bettered society. We saw the two together.
    Bella Abzug
    American lawyer and politician (1920 - 1998)
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  • Arthur Levitt Over the past two decades, we have clearly seen an erosion of ethical values.
    Arthur Levitt
    American SEC chairman (1931 - )
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  • Bud Grant Over the years, I've always had one Labrador and usually two. I've had some great dogs, and I've had some dogs that didn't work out. I found them good homes and gave them away.
    Bud Grant
    American football coach and player (1927 - )
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  • Boomer Esiason Over the years, I've enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG - two sports giants in the industry. There couldn't be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.
    Boomer Esiason
    American football player (1961 - )
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  • Bonnie Hunt Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Angela Merkel Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Horace Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Barbara Mikulski Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • John Ruskin People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser, and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Abbe Pierre People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
    Abbe Pierre
    French Catholic priest (born Henri Grous) (1912 - 2007)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, why wasn't it done the other way?
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Anatole Broyard People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.
    Anatole Broyard
    American writer, literary critic, and editor (0 - 1990)
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  • Bill Gates People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Booth Tarkington People used to say of the two Oliphant brothers that Harlan Oliphant looked as if he lived in the Oliphant's house, but Dan didn't.
    Booth Tarkington
    American novelist and dramatist (1869 - 1946)
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  • Marcel Proust People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Andrew Wiles Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. So even if I was on the right track, I could be living in the wrong century.
    Andrew Wiles
    English mathematician (1953 - )
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