Quotes 41 till 60 of 1633.
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
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Have you known how to take rest? You have done more than he who hath taken empires and cities.
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.
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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
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I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still quintessentially very elegant.
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I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.
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I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
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I think there are only three things America will be known for 2, 000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music and baseball.
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I think well-read people - the world is open to them.
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If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.
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In every one of those little stucco boxes there's some poor bastard who's never free except when he's fast asleep and dreaming that he's got the boss down the bottom of a well and is bunging lumps of coal at him.
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In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.
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In the name of Hypocrites, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.
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It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women, who are romantic dreamers and actually believe that estrogenic skin cream must do something or they couldn't charge sixteen dollars for that little tiny jar.
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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
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Life is an incurable condition: the only known treatment is to try to keep the patient comfortable.
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No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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