Quotes 1021 till 1040 of 2262.
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If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin they would never have found time to conquer the world.
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If the secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader.
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If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.
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If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
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If the United States had maintained its spending under Ronald Reagan, it is possible that the attacks of 9/11 - presaged by Islamic terror attacks on multiple American targets beginning with the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 - would have been stopped.
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If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
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If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
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If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble.
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If there had been a computer in 1872 it would have predicted that by now there would be so many horse-drawn vehicles that the entire surface of the earth would be ten feet deep in horse manure.
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If there is a camera or someone making a picture or - just do the things you always want to do, because if you start thinking about everything, then you start changing the things you would do. And that's not the life you want to live.
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If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.
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If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.
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If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.
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If there was twenty ways of telling the truth and only one way of telling a lie, the Government would find it out. It's in the nature of governments to tell lies.
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If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
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If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.
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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
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If they had not landed there would be some reason for celebrating the fact.
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If they had not murdered Malcolm X, there probably never would have been a Black Panther Party.
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