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The well-meaning contention that all ideas have equal merit seems to me little different from the disastrous contention that no ideas have any merit.
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The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
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The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.
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The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it.
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The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.
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The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
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There are a lot of kicks out there in taekwondo that are flashy, so I like all of those. My favourite is probably chop because I'm better at it than the others. But I like a good back kick if I can nail it well.
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There are always some surprises in the draw when people are playing pretty well.
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There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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There are individuals who have never done anything for Jesus Christ, and I have no doubt there are preachers as well, who have never done anything for the God Almighty.
Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ (1917) -
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
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There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.
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There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth.
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There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.
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There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.
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There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.
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There is a maxim, 'Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.' It is a maxim for sluggards. A better reading of it is, 'Never do today what you can as well do tomorrow,' because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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