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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better. — Elisabeth Elliot
There is nothing about an individual as important as his IQ, except possibly his morals, — Lewis Terman
Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors. — James Branch Cabell
I never worried about money, except that I knew that all I had to worry about was golf. As long as I could play, I… — Jack Nicklaus
You are guilty of no evil, Ransom of Thulcandra, except a little fearfulness. For that, the journey you go on is your pain, and perhaps… — C.S. Lewis
He knows that after him everything will continue on much as before, except that there will be a minuscule absence, a barely detective gap in… — John Banville
As I came home through the woods with my string of fish, trailing my pole, it being now quite dark, I caught a glimpse of… — Henry David Thoreau
Nothing is real except the present, and already, I feel the weight of centuries smothering me. Some girl a hundred years ago once lived as… — Sylvia Plath
There is no room for being creative in todayâ€™s business... Except for finding creative ways to be inefficient. — Martin Wolf
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own. — John Calvin
And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose). — Larry Wall
I am generally way out of touch with trends, except now and then I am surprised to find myself leading one, like sympathetic vampires. — Fred Saberhagen
The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and… — Andreas Feininger
I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time. — Lindsay Davenport
There is no shortcut to truth, no way to gain knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of the scientific method. — Karl Pearson
The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which depend… — Idries Shah
We're all equals as men, except I'm slightly more equal because I'm still alive and you're dead. — Sarge
The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.' — George Orwell
Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we're doing something… — Melissa Scott
My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind. — Kristin Hersh

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