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title: "8 Close Scrutiny Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Close Scrutiny quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Close Scrutiny sayings and thoughts."
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> [Close scrutiny will show that most of these everyday socalled “crisis situations” are not life-or-death matters at all, but opportunities to either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxwell-maltz/close-scrutiny-will-show-that-most-of-these-everyday-socalled-crisis/)

[Maxwell Maltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxwell-maltz/)

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> [Close scrutiny of an object in nature will nearly always yield some significant fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/close-scrutiny-of-an-object-in-nature-will-nearly-always-yield-some/)

[John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/)

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> [I didn't pay close enough scrutiny to some of the other things that Louis Farrakhan was saying, that's something I just live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-ellison/i-didn-t-pay-close-enough-scrutiny-to-some-of-the-other-things-that/)

[Keith Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-ellison/)

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> [Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/art-is-the-close-scrutiny-of-reality-and-therefore-i-put-on-the-stage/)

[Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/)

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> [Close scrutiny will show that most 'crisis situations' are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxwell-maltz/close-scrutiny-will-show-that-most-crisis-situations-are/)

[Maxwell Maltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxwell-maltz/)

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> [Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grover-cleveland/every-citizen-owes-to-the-country-a-vigilant-watch-and-close-scrutiny/)

[Grover Cleveland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grover-cleveland/)

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> [We prefer to find an explanation for why things are not perfect, and these rarely stand up to close scrutiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-campbell/we-prefer-to-find-an-explanation-for-why-things-are-not-perfect-and/)

[Charlie Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-campbell/)

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> [Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/thoughtful-criticism-and-close-scrutiny-of-all-government-officials/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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