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> [The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-only-good-histories-are-those-that-have-been-written-by-the/)

[Michel De Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/from-triumph-to-downfall-is-but-a-step-i-have-seen-a-trifle-decide/)

[Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/)

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> [There were a number of houses. When we first arrived in Limerick, it was a one-room affair with most of it taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/there-were-a-number-of-houses-when-we-first-arrived-in-limerick-it/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

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> [I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-never-engaged-in-public-affairs-for-my-own-interest-pleasure-envy/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [I love the novel because it's like a love affair. You can just fall into it and keep going, and you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-alarcon/i-love-the-novel-because-it-s-like-a-love-affair-you-can-just-fall/)

[Daniel Alarcon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-alarcon/)

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> [Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/men-have-always-looked-before-and-after-and-rebelled-against-the/)

[Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/)

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> [Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/genius-is-mainly-an-affair-of-energy-and-poetry-is-mainly-an-affair/)

[Matthew Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-arnold/)

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> [Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cady-stanton/because-man-and-woman-are-the-complement-of-one-another-we-need-woman/)

[Elizabeth Cady Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-cady-stanton/)

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> [The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/the-ordinary-literary-man-even-though-he-be-an-eminent-historian-is/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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> [The withdrawal of a State from a league has no revolutionary or insurrectionary characteristic. The government of the State remains unchanged as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/the-withdrawal-of-a-state-from-a-league-has-no-revolutionary-or/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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> [We must be prepared to see an Association of Nations in conference growing into an organic system of world controls for world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/we-must-be-prepared-to-see-an-association-of-nations-in-conference/)

[H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/)

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> [I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-m-in-my-father-s-car-at-age-9-or-10-crying-to-leonard-cohen-s/)

[Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/)

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> [A cat is a regency gentleman--elegant of pose, exquisite of manner, with spotless linen and an enthusiasm for bare knuckle fights, rampaging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-brown/a-cat-is-a-regency-gentleman-elegant-of-pose-exquisite-of-manner-with/)

[Pam Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-brown/)

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> [Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/today-it-is-imperative-to-end-this-hysteria-to-refute-the-rhetoric-of/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mcgovern/and-this-is-the-time-it-is-the-time-for-this-land-to-become-again-a/)

[George McGovern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mcgovern/)

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> [“Again she dances on the edge of my consciousness, laughing at me in my dreams. This is only fair. I cast myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maddy-kobar/again-she-dances-on-the-edge-of-my-consciousness-laughing-at-me-in-my/)

[Maddy Kobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maddy-kobar/)

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> [The Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional case. It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marie-le-pen/the-dreyfus-affair-is-an-exceptional-case-it-s-true-that-here-and/)

[Jean-Marie Le Pen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marie-le-pen/)

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> [David Petraeus, the best known American general of his generation. After commanding the American war effort in both Iraq and Afghanistan, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/david-petraeus-the-best-known-american-general-of-his-generation/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

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> [Half the walk is but retracing our steps. We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance, in the spirit of undying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/half-the-walk-is-but-retracing-our-steps-we-should-go-forth-on-the/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [The direction of all economic affairs is in the market society a task of the entrepreneurs. Theirs is the control of production.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-direction-of-all-economic-affairs-is-in-the-market-society-a-task/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [Among the Mormons, things temporal have always been important along with things eternal, for salvation in this world and the next is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-j-arrington/among-the-mormons-things-temporal-have-always-been-important-along/)

[Leonard J. Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-j-arrington/)

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> [Rebellion against God results in being cast out of his service. God doesn't run the affairs of the spiritual world or our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-heiser/rebellion-against-god-results-in-being-cast-out-of-his-service-god/)

[Michael S. Heiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-heiser/)

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> [As medium for reaching understanding, speech acts serve: a) to establish and renew interpersonal relations, whereby the speaker takes up a relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-habermas/as-medium-for-reaching-understanding-speech-acts-serve-a-to-establish/)

[Jurgen Habermas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-habermas/)

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> [I watch mainly fiction. The films I like watching are films where you see people change, like with Boyhood. You see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-longinotto/i-watch-mainly-fiction-the-films-i-like-watching-are-films-where-you/)

[Kim Longinotto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-longinotto/)

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> [the issue of war or peace is an issue that concerns not only experts on Foreign Affairs but every citizen of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/the-issue-of-war-or-peace-is-an-issue-that-concerns-not-only-experts/)

[Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/)

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> [I leave the world and its affairs to the young and energetic, and resign myself to their care, of whom I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-leave-the-world-and-its-affairs-to-the-young-and-energetic-and/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-yeltsin/i-refer-to-calls-for-humanitarian-intervention-in-the-affairs-of/)

[Boris Yeltsin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-yeltsin/)

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> [“Even if you love a lady, don't say you will take care of her while someone else is catering for your needs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/even-if-you-love-a-lady-don-t-say-you-will-take-care-of-her-while/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

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> [Success breeds conservatism, and that means a love affair with the status quo and an aversion to change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-popoff/success-breeds-conservatism-and-that-means-a-love-affair-with-the/)

[Frank Popoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-popoff/)

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> [If 'Hamlet' had been written in these days it would probably have been called 'The Strange Affair at Elsinore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-m-barrie/if-hamlet-had-been-written-in-these-days-it-would-probably-have-been/)

[James M. Barrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-m-barrie/)

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> [Germany neither intends nor wishes to interfere in the internal affair of Austria, to annex Austria, or to conclude an Anschluss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/germany-neither-intends-nor-wishes-to-interfere-in-the-internal/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/women-s-rights-is-not-only-an-abstraction-a-cause-it-is-also-a/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

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> [Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/life-in-the-movie-business-is-like-the-beginning-of-a-new-love-affair-2/)

[David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/)

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> [Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-anderson/sometimes-you-re-overwhelmed-when-a-thing-comes-and-you-do-not/)

[Marian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-anderson/)

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> [“The vacancy in your heart doesn't connotes that nobody is seeking for the job of servicing your feelings, but because the employee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/the-vacancy-in-your-heart-doesn-t-connotes-that-nobody-is-seeking-for/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

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> [Prayer meetings are dead affairs when they are merely asking sessions; there is adventure, hope and life when they are believing sessions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-grubb/prayer-meetings-are-dead-affairs-when-they-are-merely-asking-sessions/)

[Norman Grubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-grubb/)

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> [It is clearly important for all leadership candidates to be open and transparent about their tax affairs. I was very happy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-may/it-is-clearly-important-for-all-leadership-candidates-to-be-open-and/)

[Theresa May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-may/)

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> [A new chapter in the history of international politics has begun, one in which the pursuit and control of energy resources would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-klare/a-new-chapter-in-the-history-of-international-politics-has-begun-one/)

[Michael Klare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-klare/)

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> [As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/as-long-as-the-state-permits-itself-to-interfere-in-the-affairs-of/)

[Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/)

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> [There is no evidence that God ever interfered in the affairs of man. The hand of earth is stretched uselessly towards heaven.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/there-is-no-evidence-that-god-ever-interfered-in-the-affairs-of-man/)

[Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/)

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                        "text": "The Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional case. It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the situation is the same in every country. After all, you're not exactly a nation like all the other nations. You are unique, if only because you are such an ancient people, and because of the way you are spread all over the world and your obvious success in many fields. But, in all honesty, anti-Semitism in France has always remained on a minimal level, at the verbal level only. It never went as far as pogroms.",
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                        "text": "Half the walk is but retracing our steps. We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return-prepared to send beck our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms. If you are ready to leave father and mother, brother and sister, and wife and child and friends and never see them again,-if you have paid your debts and made your will, and settled your affairs and are a free man, then you are ready for a walk.",
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                        "text": "Among the Mormons, things temporal have always been important along with things eternal, for salvation in this world and the next is seen as one and the same continuing process of endless growth. Building Zion, a literal Kingdom of God on earth, has therefore meant an identity of religious and economic values: in the daily affairs of the Kingdom, Latter-day Saint scriptures call for unity, welfare, and economic independence.",
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                        "text": "Rebellion against God results in being cast out of his service. God doesn't run the affairs of the spiritual world or our world with rebels on his payroll. They are cast to the Underworld (in the case of the Eden rebel), or a special place in the Underworld (e.g., the offenders of Genesis 6:1-4, who are, to quote Peter and Jude, \"kept in chains of gloomy darkness\" or \"sent to Tartarus\"). There are more divine rebels than that in the Bible, but hopefully that scratches the surface enough.",
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                        "text": "I watch mainly fiction. The films I like watching are films where you see people change, like with Boyhood. You see a moment in someone's life where it's a breakthrough. For me, the breakthrough in Boyhood is that amazing moment right at the end when he finds somebody he can feel relaxed with, and who will maybe be a friend for the rest of his life. I like that it doesn't end in a love affair or marriage. It just ends in, \"Wow, I found people I can relate to for the first people in my life. These people accept me, I like them.\"",
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                        "text": "the issue of war or peace is an issue that concerns not only experts on Foreign Affairs but every citizen of the United States.",
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