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  • Joseph Fort Newton We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us - how we can take it, what we do with it - and that is what really counts in the end. How to take the raw stuff of life and make it a thing of worth and beauty - that is the test of living.
    Joseph Fort Newton
    American Baptist minister (1876 - 1950)
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  • Abdolkarim Soroush We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.
    Abdolkarim Soroush
    Iranian Islamic thinker and reformer (1945 - )
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Bernard Marcus We could be the biggest pantyhose seller in America, but we don't want to weaken the link in shoppers' minds between Home Depot and do-it-yourself projects.
    Bernard Marcus
    American billionaire businessman (1929 - )
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  • Anthony Holden We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage possibly beyond the point of long-term recovery.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Adam Jones We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
    Adam Jones
    American musician (1965 - )
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  • Kurt Vonnegut We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Benjamin Mkapa We could have waited for a donor to appear, but we believe in the spirit of self-development and confidence. We are not so poor that we are unable to carry out this project.
    Source: On construction of the Unity Bridge, January 2005
    Benjamin Mkapa
    Tanzanian politician (1938 - 2020)
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  • Bill Bryson We couldn't place their accents but we thought the smaller one might be Australian since he seemed so at home down under.
    Source: Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Robert Frost We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Bernhard von Bulow We desire to throw no one into the shade [in East Asia], but we also demand our own place in the sun.
    Source: Speech in Reichstag, 6 December 1897
    Bernhard von Bulow
    German diplomat and politician (1849 - 1929)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch We didn't all come over on the same ship, but we're all in the same boat.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • A. J. McLean We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.
    A. J. McLean
    American singer (1978 - )
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  • Bernard Malamud We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was.
    Bernard Malamud
    American novelist (1914 - 1986)
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  • Bob Ehrlich We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.
    Bob Ehrlich
    American lawyer and politician (1957 - )
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  • Benjamin Whorf We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.
    Benjamin Whorf
    American linguist and engineer (1897 - 1941)
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  • Malcolm X We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what they teach. We urge that the preachers teach the truth, to teach our people the one important guiding rule of conduct - unity of purpose.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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