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I cannot tell what the dickens his name is. — William Shakespeare
It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced. — William Shakespeare
Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children. — Albert Camus
Forget the statistics...we have to do more. You cannot look these children in the eye and see how desperate is their situation without wanting to… — Liam Neeson
...ordinary men and women may often feel unmotivated to exert their citizenship, either because they cannot tell the difference between the different alternatives, or because… — Patricio Aylwin
What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity. — Sun Tzu
There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you,… — Robert E. Lee
Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that… — Kurt Vonnegut
The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our… — Ella Maillart
One cannot enter don Juan's world intellectually, like a dilettante seeking fast and fleeting knowledge. Nor, in don Juan's world, can anything be verified absolutely.… — Carlos Castaneda
The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with… — Confucius
Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs, so plainly as does a dog, when with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and… — Charles Darwin
One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them. — Rosamond Lehmann
There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for… — Hillary Clinton
The writer who cannot sometimes throw away a thought about which another man would have written dissertations, without worry whether or not the reader will… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire. — Charles Caleb Colton
Reince has produced a fully funded, superbly staffed and technologically advanced strategy to position the GOP to win in '14 and '16, and he has… — Hugh Hewitt
The essence of drama is that man cannot walk away from the consequences of his own deeds. — Harold Hayes
...the vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a coffee-stain and a… — Brian Stableford
Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It is the unavoidable… — George Orwell
For most of us the rules of English grammar are at best a dimly remembered thing. But even for those who make the rules, grammatical… — Bill Bryson
I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a loss… — Lewis Carroll
Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the point… — Richard North Patterson

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