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223 Assumes quotes by 205 unique authors
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[An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void and…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Appearance is the most public part of the self. It is our sacrament, the visible self that the world assumes to be a mirror of…
— Nancy Etcoff
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Pity the mother who assumes the name without being all this implies!
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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Beauty is one in the universe, and, whatever form it assumes, it always arouses a religious feeling in the hearts of mankind.
— Madame de Stael
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If future society assumes the contours foretold by Marxism, if the jungle of our cities turns to the polis of man and the dreams of…
— George Steiner
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If we're looking for intelligence in the universe I think everybody assumes that this has to start with life and so the question is: "How…
— Paul Davies
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It's worth remembering that all technology leaves a footprint. For example, our own technology is leaving a footprint in terms of global warming, which could…
— Paul Davies
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The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor…
— Aleister Crowley
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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith,…
— Tryon Edwards
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The war on drugs is wrong, both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid, too reckless, and too irresponsible to decide whether…
— Larry Elder
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I still feel threatened by academics, but my books have a lot of academic in-jokes and everybody assumes I went to university and studied English.
— Jasper Fforde
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The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.
— E. M. Forster
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Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising.
— Vaclav Havel
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Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition.…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.
— Thomas Jefferson
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We don't see very far in the future, we are very focused on one idea at a time, one problem at a time, and all…
— Daniel Kahneman
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An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.
— Victor Kiam
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The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other,…
— Henry A. Kissinger
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Everybody assumes I know everything, so they send me these notes sometimes, and I don't know what they're talking about.
— Rush Limbaugh
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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and…
— James Madison
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As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.
— Johann Most
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Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river,…
— Guru Nanak
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I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.
— Kevin O'Leary
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If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
— Yoko Ono
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Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington…
— Ron Paul
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