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I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret. — John Cleese
Ultimately, what separates a winner from a loser at the grandmaster level is the willingness to do the unthinkable. A brilliant strategy is, certainly, a… — Garry Kasparov
The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do… — William Gilmore Simms
What the universal Church holds, not as instituted [invented] by councils but as something always held, is most correctly believed to have been handed down… — Saint Augustine
The custom of Mother Church in baptizing infants is certainly not to be scorned, nor is it to be regarded in any way as superfluous,… — Saint Augustine
We're trained to see only male or female and to plot people into those categories when they actually don't fit neatly at all. But if… — Minnie Bruce Pratt
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens. — Andrew Johnson
In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I mean, there are lots of people who get married who can't have children. To take a state that does allow adoption and say-there, what… — Stephen Breyer
A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. But what effect would it have on the… — Ben Bernanke
It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing that… — Thomas A. Edison
Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy. — H. L. Mencken
Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can't afford the risk of inaction. — Rupert Murdoch
Variable behaviour of the sun is an obvious explanation, and there is increasing evidence that Earth's climate responds to changing patterns of solarmagnetic activity. ...… — Nigel Weiss
As for drugs - well, Gates was certainly not unusual there. Marijuana was the pharmaceutical of choice... — Bill Gates
I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
We are developing in the United States a huge underclass of unwanted people, many of them the descendants of the exploitation of the South American… — Benedict Groeschel
Many pioneers of these industrial changes, it is true, became rich. But they acquired their wealth by supplying the public with motor cars, airplanes, radio… — Ludwig von Mises
For the other end of the spectrum, the 50 to 85 percent of the world's population who are not the recipients of privilege, the world… — Immanuel Wallerstein
May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much faith: "If we… — Richard L. Evans

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