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  • Gore Vidal The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Bart Chilton The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, 'There'll be a load of compromisin' on the road to my horizon.' For those of you who were too young, or don't recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss.
    Bart Chilton
    American civil servant, consultant and author (1960 - 2019)
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  • Mother Teresa The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Ian McEwan The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.
    Ian McEwan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • George Mikes The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labor bore fruit.
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  • Carly Fiorina The truth is, Hillary Clinton's ideas create more income inequality. Why? Because bigger government creates crony capitalism. When you have a 70,000 page tax code, you've got to be very wealthy, very powerful, very well connected to dig your way through that tax code.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Carly Fiorina The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and although I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Carly Fiorina The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Barbara Mikulski The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made scarce.
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Emma Goldman The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Albert J. Nock The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
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  • Lewis Mumford The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture.
    Lewis Mumford
    American social philosopher (1895 - 1990)
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  • Robert Lynd The virtue of a medicine probably lies to a considerable extent in the will to get well with which one purchases it.
    Robert Lynd
    American sociologist (1892 - 1970)
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  • Bob Woodward The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • B. B. King The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Joe E. Lewis The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.
    Joe E. Lewis
    American writer
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  • A. J. Liebling The way to write is well, and how is your own business.
    A. J. Liebling
    American journalist (1904 - 1963)
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  • Heinrich Heine The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind.
    Heinrich Heine
    German poet (1797 - 1856)
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  • Oscar Wilde The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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