“ In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time. ”
- Edward P. Tryon- Copy
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“ I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our own particular path than we have yet got ourselves. ”
- E. M. Forster- Copy
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“ So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance. ”
- Richard Hooker- Copy
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“ That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question. ”
- Talcott Parsons- Copy
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“ The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it. ”
- Ann Bancroft- Copy
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“ Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed. ”
- Walt Whitman- Copy
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“ Hide thy tears — I do not bid thee not to shed them — 'twere easier to stop the Euphrates at its source than one tear of a true and tender heart. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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“ The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ I don't think it is so much the actual bath that most cats dislike; I think it's the fact that they have to spend a good part of the day putting their hair back in place. ”
- Debbie Peterson- Copy
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“ Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution. ”
- Edward Teller- Copy
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“ My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. ”
- Billy Connolly- Copy
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“ I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after. ”
- Wallace Stevens- Copy
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“ History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. ”
- Milton Friedman- Copy
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“ The best way to get husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they are too old to do it. ”
- Shirley MacLaine- Copy
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“ If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation will you prefer the grain to the vote. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me. ”
- Giuseppe Garibaldi- Copy
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“ The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ We may not be able to offer long-term employment, but we should try to offer long-term employability. ”
- Brian Corby- Copy
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“ Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you. If nobody offers within three years, sawing wood is what you were intended for. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind… we're in it together. ”
- Chick Corea- Copy
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“ The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and does not gather votes. He does not attempt to charm the public, he offers nothing and promises nothing. He can offer, if anything, only his own skin — and he offers it solely because he has no other way of affirming the truth he stands for… ”
- Vaclav Havel- Copy
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