Especially Quotes
4525 quotes by 3255 authors
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[Iraqis] know we own their country...It's a good thing, especially when there's a lot of oil out there we need.
— William R. Looney III
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Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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You've got to sell your heart, your strongest reactions, not the little minor things that only touch you lightly, the little experiences that you might…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't…
— William Zinsser
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Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive,…
— Billy Graham
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Chess is my profession. I am my own boss; I am free. I like literature and music, classical especially. I am in fact quite normal;…
— Bent Larsen
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Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the…
— Ruth Bernhard
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The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening,…
— Michael Stean
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Now, nakedness is a delightful condition. And it keeps you very pleasantly cool - especially, I suppose, if you happen to be a man. But…
— Colin Fletcher
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I respect the Governor's position to veto SB1062, especially in light of the concerns brought up over the past week. I understand the concerns of…
— Unknown Author
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The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe form of punishment…
— Dalai Lama
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Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse. This…
— Unknown Author
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Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group pressures. The kinds…
— Paul Krugman
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I must dissent emphatically from any proposal to spend any money on preparing a statue of me, more especially at a time when people do…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States...De-development means bringing our economic system…
— John Holdren
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In fact, the life of all mankind is in danger because of global warming resulting to a large degree from the emissions of the factories…
— Osama bin Laden
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No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst of us. Some of the…
— Jim Butcher
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Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied…
— Nelson Mandela
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It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead…
— Benjamin Tucker
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This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is…
— Frederick Seitz
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