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Walter Bagehot: A family on...

Walter Bagehot: A family on...

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. . . . It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty...

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Walter Bagehot: In early times...

Walter Bagehot: In early times...

In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it...

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Walter Bagehot: An ambassador is...

Walter Bagehot: An ambassador is...

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

Source: The English...

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Henry George: Progressive societies outgrow...

Henry George: Progressive societies outgrow...

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.

Source: In...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Audiences are always...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Audiences are always...

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of...

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Thorstein Veblen: In point of...

Thorstein Veblen: In point of...

In point of substantial merit -- the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing and...

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Jack Valenti: I don't know...

Jack Valenti: I don't know...

I don't know any other business that tells you not to go in and buy their product.

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Jack Valenti: I don't care...

Jack Valenti: I don't care...

I don't care if you call it AO for Adults Only, or Chopped Liver or Father Goose. Your movie will still have the...

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Jack Valenti: Speechwriters have a...

Jack Valenti: Speechwriters have a...

Speechwriters have a unique distinction in Washington -- none of us has ever been...

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Joseph P Kennedy: I have no...

Joseph P Kennedy: I have no...

I have no political ambitions for myself or my children.

Source: Recalled on his...

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Andrew Mellon: I see nothing...

Andrew Mellon: I see nothing...

I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism . . . . I have every confidence...

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Chauncey Depew: The government of...

Chauncey Depew: The government of...

The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government.

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David Sarnoff: I have learned...

David Sarnoff: I have learned...

I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself.

Source:...

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David Sarnoff: What the human...

David Sarnoff: What the human...

What the human mind can conceive and believe it can accomplish.

Source: In The...

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Lane Kirkland: The usefulness of...

Lane Kirkland: The usefulness of...

The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

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Lane Kirkland: Don't believe that...

Lane Kirkland: Don't believe that...

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for...

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Claude M. Bristol: It is the...

Claude M. Bristol: It is the...

It is the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance and sweeps away all obstacles....

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Polly Adler: My home is...

Polly Adler: My home is...

My home is in whatever town I'm booked.

Source: A House Is Not a Home, 1953.
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Faith Popcorn: The cliches of...

Faith Popcorn: The cliches of...

The cliches of a culture sometimes tell the deepest truths.

Source: The Popcorn...

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Faith Popcorn: The future bears...

Faith Popcorn: The future bears...

The future bears a resemblance to the past, only more so.

Source: The Popcorn...

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