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  • Francis Bacon The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • George Borrow The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.
    George Borrow
    English writer of novels and travel books (1803 - 1881)
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  • Bob Geldof The girls are a complete joy and I love their passion. They argue with me like mad and I love that too.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Brendan I. Koerner The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and elbow room.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Albert Camus The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Barry Ritholtz The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Umberto Eco The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
    Umberto Eco
    Italian writer and critic (1932 - 2016)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow The good or healthy society would then be defined as one that permitted people's highest purposes to emerge by satisfying all their basic needs.
    Source: Motivation and Personality (1954)
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Brendan Gleeson The good thing about my part in 'Harry Potter' was that I was pretty well disguised. When I was walking down the street, there was no real recognition factor. Parents would sometimes call their children to come say hello to Mad-Eye, and the kids wouldn't know what they were looking at.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Boo Weekley The gossip mill on tour is always turning. I have to be a little careful about what I tell guys who I don't consider close friends, because even though they might not spread it to other players, they'll usually tell their wives. And once the wives get it, it's gone.
    Boo Weekley
    American professional golfer (1973 - )
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  • Bob Filner The government gets it right on Head Start. We are providing opportunities for children in underserved areas where parents may not be able to afford preschool so they can begin their schooling with a running or Head Start.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Bill Walton The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • A. J. P. Taylor The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • John F. Kennedy The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Andrew Jackson The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung The great decisions of human life usually have far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no universal recipe for living. Each of us carries his own life-form within him-an irrational form which no other can outbid.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Stendhal The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.
    Stendhal
    French writer (ps. of Marie Henri Beyle) (1783 - 1842)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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