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  • Augustine Birrell An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.
    Augustine Birrell
    British Liberal Party politician (1850 - 1933)
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  • Bob Schieffer And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
    Bob Schieffer
    American television journalist (1937 - )
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  • Bret Harte And ever since then, when the clock strikes two, She walks unbidden from room to room, And the air is filled that she passes through With a subtle, sad perfume. The delicate odor of mignonette, The ghost of a dead and gone bouquet, Is all that tells of her story — yet Could she think of a sweeter way?
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Jonathan Swift And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Beatrice Wood And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment.
    Beatrice Wood
    American artist (1893 - 1998)
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  • Barack Obama And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending "don't ask, don't tell," making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Plato Any city however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich. These are at war with one another.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Nathanael Emmons Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
    Nathanael Emmons
    American Congregational minister and theologian (1745 - 1840)
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  • Charles Baudelaire Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Aaron Sorkin Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
    Aaron Sorkin
    American screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright (1961 - )
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  • Alice Walker Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Arnold J. Toynbee Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.
    Arnold J. Toynbee
    British historian and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Byron Nelson Arnold Palmer has what I call an 'Eisenhower smile'. Those two men, they'd smile and their whole faces would look so pleasant; it was like they were smiling all over.
    Byron Nelson
     
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  • Boris Pasternak Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Simone Weil Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Buddy Hackett As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
    Buddy Hackett
    American actor and comedian (1924 - 2003)
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  • Buddy Hackett As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it, or leave it.
    Buddy Hackett
    American actor and comedian (1924 - 2003)
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  • Ben Horowitz As a company gets big, the information that informs decision-making gets massive. Depending upon the prism through which you view the business, your perspective will vary. If two people are in charge, this variance will cause conflict and delay.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Beth Ditto As a kid, I was always mad - just noticing the women at Thanksgiving, running around the kitchen, while the men were watching football. For one, I don't want to cook, and for two, I hate football. I was stuck in the middle.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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