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The great background question about the Labour governments of the sixties is whether with a stronger leader they could have gripped the country's big problems… — Andrew Marr
The world of strict naturalism in which clever mathematical laws all by themselves bring the universe and life into existence, is pure [science] fiction. Theories… — John Lennox
If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? — Brian Kernighan
A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to be powerful and… — L. Frank Baum
[We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to cheat… — Thandie Newton
Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young… — John Ruskin
Clever, witty and absorbing, Amortality is a much-needed anatomy of our profound malaise about ageing. Its charms will never fade. — David Baddiel
I don't have Romário's technique, [Marc] Overmars' pace or [Patrick] Kluivert's strength. But I work harder than the others. I'm like the student who is… — Carles Puyol
Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing… — Iyanla Vanzant
Philosophers have a long tradition of marrying stupid women, from Socrates on. They think it clever. — Simon Gray
I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue… — Dick Schaap
Ryan Stout, a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted point of view. He… — Unknown Author
Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your… — Garrison Keillor
I wish I were one of those terribly clever people who, when they write their autobiographies, always say, when I was fifteen months old I… — George Seaton
When the truth is ugly, people try to keep it hidden, because they know if revealed, the damage it will do. So they conceal it… — Mary Alice
No man can give at once the impressions that he himself is clever and that Jesus Christ is mighty to save. — James Denney
Some people think that I haven't got the brains to be that clever. — David Beckham
This is very clever. They have created a system to cheat. — Charles Davenport
Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise. — Laozi
The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be. — Laozi
An education that does not teach clear, coherent writing cannot provide our world with thoughtful adults; it gives us instead, at the best, clever children… — Richard Mitchell
Those who have abandoned themselves to God always lead mysterious lives and receive from him exceptional and miraculous gifts by means of the most ordinary,… — Jean-Pierre de Caussade
Thus far, both political parties have been remarkably clever and effective in concealing this new reality. In fact, the two parties have formed an innovative… — Charles Ferguson
There is nothing Clever about not being Happy — Arnaud Desjardins
I've driven all through America and I know there are a lot of clever people between the coasts. But they have a slightly old-fashioned view… — Robbie Coltraine

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