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  • David Brinkley The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
    David Brinkley
    American newsreader (1920 - 2003)
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  • James Russell Lowell The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Ayn Rand The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Niels Bohr The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
    Niels Bohr
    Danish scientist and physicist (1885 - 1962)
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  • Billy Ray Cyrus The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I'm from. Well, I can't write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.
    Billy Ray Cyrus
    American singer-songwriter and actor (1961 - )
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  • Robert Herrick The person lives twice who lives the first life well.
    Robert Herrick
    English lyric poet and cleric (1591 - 1674)
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  • Lord George Byron The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Francis Bacon The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man's body.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Cate Blanchett The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Bryan Cogman The pressure used to wear on me. I was on Twitter a couple years ago, and I couldn't handle it all that well. Don't get me wrong, because 90% of the feedback you get is fantastic.
    Bryan Cogman
    American writer and producer (1979 - )
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  • Bill Cunningham The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.
    Bill Cunningham
    American fashion photographer
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  • Bayard Taylor The Prophet's words were true; The mouth of Ali is the golden door Of Wisdom. When his friends to Ali bore These words, he smiled and said: And should they ask The same until my dying day, the task Were easy; for the stream from Wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • William Gilmore Simms The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air.
    William Gilmore Simms
    American poet, novelist and historian (1806 - 1870)
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  • Elaine Dundy The question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don’t we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.
    The Dud Avocado (1958) I, 8
    Elaine Dundy
    American writer, actress and journalist (1921 - 2008)
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  • Samuel Johnson The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Sam Levenson The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
    Sam Levenson
    American author (1911 - 1980)
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  • Jonas Edward Salk The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
    Jonas Edward Salk
    American medical researcher and virologist (1914 - 1995)
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  • Piet Hein The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.
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  • Camille Paglia The saints, many of them women, warred with themselves as well as God. The body has its own animal urges, just as there are attractions and repulsions in sex that modern liberalism cannot face.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Pearl S. Buck The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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