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Philip Massinger: I am driven<br>Into...

Philip Massinger: I am driven
Into...

I am driven
Into a desperate strait and cannot steer
A middle course.


Source:...

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Robert McNamara: One cannot fashion...

Robert McNamara: One cannot fashion...

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.

Source: On...

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Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.

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Edward Coke: Precaution is better...

Edward Coke: Precaution is better...

Precaution is better than cure.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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While forbidden fruit...

While forbidden fruit...

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

Source:...

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The most dangerous...

The most dangerous...

The most dangerous creation of any society is that man who has nothing to lose.

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All politics takes...

All politics takes...

All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a...

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It is not...

It is not...

It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.

Source: On Compromise,...

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Benjamin Franklin: Poor man, said...

Benjamin Franklin: Poor man, said...

Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.

Source: The Whistle, 10 Nov....

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Mel Gibson: Boats, cars, and...

Mel Gibson: Boats, cars, and...

Boats, cars, and sex -- you have to touch them all lightly or they lose their glamor.

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You can't study...

You can't study...

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

Source: From Food for...

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They define themselves...

They define themselves...

They define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

Source: On conservatives; in...

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Journalism is the...

Journalism is the...

Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and...

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A great interpreter...

A great interpreter...

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

Source: of...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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Augustine Birrell: Reading is not...

Augustine Birrell: Reading is not...

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

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John Buchan: Every man at...

John Buchan: Every man at...

Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.

Source:...

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Jacques Cousteau: Man, of all...

Jacques Cousteau: Man, of all...

Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

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Niels Bohr: The best weapon...

Niels Bohr: The best weapon...

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of...

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