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If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we… — Eleanor Roosevelt
You certainly can't tell anything from the microscopic structure of the brain whether the person was an idiot or a genius. — Ashley Montagu
Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid...He is the hero, he is everything.… — Raymond Chandler
The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go… — Clarence Day
War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface. — Mahatma Gandhi
Life and death appear more certainly ours than whatsoever else; and yet hardly can that be called ours, which comes without our knowledge, and goes… — Walter Savage Landor
It is not good enough to know why we are oppressed and by whom. We must join the struggle for what is right and just.… — Cesar Chavez
I absolutely admit I had him in the handcuffs so he wouldn't go anywhere while I checked the computer... I certainly wasn't going to kill… — Boy George
There is certainly more in the future now than back in 1964. — Roger Daltrey
Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he… — Samuel Johnson
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good. — Walter Savage Landor
Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases. — Abraham Lincoln
The President responded very impressively, saying that he was deeply sensible of his need of Divine assistance. He had sometime thought that perhaps he might… — Abraham Lincoln
To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, god, are immaterial, is to say they are… — Thomas Jefferson
I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results… — Thomas Jefferson
There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress… — Samuel Johnson
We're not going to spend taxpayers' money on abortion. This is an issue that divides America. But certainly reasonable people can agree on how to… — George W. Bush
A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he outwears his love affairs, his politics and his epistemology. — H. L. Mencken
He certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person. — Jane Austen
So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe. — Isaac Asimov

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