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  • Bill Cosby Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Graham Greene Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.
    Graham Greene
    English writer (1904 - 1991)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Political necessities sometimes turn out to be political mistakes.
    Saint Joan (1923)
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Mao Tse-Tung Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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  • John Quinton Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
    John Quinton
    British navigator and pilot (1921 - 1951)
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  • Alan Dundes Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken.
    Alan Dundes
    American folklorist
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  • Elbert Hubbard Polygamy is an endeavor to get more out of life than there is in it.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • A. A. Milne Pooh said good-bye affectionately to his fourteen pots of honey, and hoped they were fifteen; and he and Rabbit went out into the Forest.
    The House at Pooh Corner (1928) Ch. 3
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Anne Campbell Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.
    Anne Campbell
    English politician (1940 - )
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  • Robertson Davies Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars.
    Robertson Davies
    Canadian novelist and journalist (1913 - 1995)
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  • Iris Murdoch Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Robert Hewison Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.
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  • Bono Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Augustus William Hare Poverty breeds wealth; and wealth in its turn breeds poverty. The earth, to form the mould, is taken out of the ditch; and whatever may be the height of the one will be the depth of the other.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Walter Bagehot Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • James A. Garfield Poverty is uncomfortable; but 9 times out of 10 the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and be compelled to sink or swim.
    James A. Garfield
    President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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  • Louise Erdrich Power travels in the bloodlines, handed out before birth.
    Liefdesmedicijn (2010)
    Louise Erdrich
    American author (1954 - )
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  • Marcia Wieder Practice being at home with yourself, as you step out to be with others.
    Marcia Wieder
    CEO and Founder of Dream University
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  • Pearl S. Buck Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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