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I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up… — Brian P. Cleary
Sociopaths love power. They love winning. If you take loving kindness out of the human brain, there's not much left except the will to win. — Martha Stout
History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated. — Johan Huizinga
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality. — George Mikes
You can see beauty in everything, except for yourself. — Justina Chen
Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Few things in life are certain except death and being taxed. — Felix Dennis
Ancient boundaries are meaningless, except for political purposes; old divisions of clan and tribe are sentimental remnants of the pre-atomic age; neither creed nor color… — Sydney J. Harris
Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude… — Edward de Bono
If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldnâ€™t cry at the end… — Donald Miller
There are three ways in which sins are forgiven: in baptism, in prayer, and in the greater humility of penance; yet God does not forgive… — Saint Augustine
There is no way into PresenceÂ except through a love exchange. — Rumi
I had a patient once who dreamed she kept her husband in the deep freeze except for mating. Lots of men feel that way. — Robert Johnson
These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur. — James Van Allen
Things have changed very much, several times, since I grew up, and, like everyone in New York except the intellectuals, I have led several lives… — Renata Adler
I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none. — Alan Bennett
There are men whom you will never dislodge from an opinion, except by taking possession of it yourself. — Augustus William Hare
I was never too interested in high school. I mean, I never went to a dance, I never went out on a date, I never… — Chrissie Hynde
Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia… — George Mason

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