Quotes with two-thirds

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  • George Orwell Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Alanis Morissette Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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  • Carol Shea-Porter During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.
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  • Beau Bridges Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie.
    Beau Bridges
    American actor and director (1941 - )
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  • Alfred de Musset Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
    Alfred de Musset
    French writer (1810 - 1857)
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  • Ajay Devgan Earlier, I used to charge territories instead of my fees as an actor, but I realised it was better to keep the two apart. Now, I take my fees in cash, for acting, and keep the distribution thing separate.
    Ajay Devgan
    Indian film actor and director (1969 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty - how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Education must have two foundations - morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • George Bernard Shaw England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Victor Hugo England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her: Shakespeare and the Bible.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Abdul Kalam English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • W. H. Auden Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Ali Smith Every great narrative is at least two narratives, if not more - the thing that is on the surface and then the things underneath which are invisible.
    Ali Smith
    Scottish author, playwright and journalist (1962 - )
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  • Byron Nelson Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.
    Shape your swing the modern way (1976)
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  • Martin Luther Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
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  • Iris Murdoch Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Paul Auster Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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  • Black Hawk Every one makes his feast as he thinks best, to please the Great Spirit, who has the care of all beings created. Others believe in two Spirits, one good and one bad, and make feasts for the Bad Spirit, to keep him quiet. They think that if they can make peace with him, the Good Spirit will not hurt them. For my part I am of the opinion, that so far as we have reason, we have a right to use it in determining what is right or wrong, and we should always pursue that path which we believe to be righ
    The Autobiography of Black Hawk (1833)
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  • Siri Hustvedt Every painting is always two paintings: The one you see, and the one you remember.
    Mysteries of the Rectangle: Essays on Painting (2006) 12
    Siri Hustvedt
    American novelist and essayist (1955 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis Every poem can be considered in two ways--as what the poet has to say, and as a thing which he makes.
    A preface to Paradise Lost
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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