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- I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
- There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force,…
- About Mike the construction worker, friend of Roark: "He worshipped expertness of any kind. He loved his work passionately and had no tolerance for anything…
- If he can give his readers no reason why they should read his book, except that the events happened to him, it is not a…
- Ideas cannot be fought except by means of better ideas. The battle consists, not of opposing, but of exposing; not of denouncing, but of disproving;…
- The man at the top of the intellectual pyramid contributes the most to all those below him, but gets nothing except his material payment, receiving…
- The good, say the mystics of spirit, is God, a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive — a…
- Two world wars, three monstrous dictatorships-in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Red China-plus every lesser variant of devastating socialist experimentation in a global spread of brutality…
- Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you- except the things that count? And your most important…
- She knew that she could not have reached this white serenity except as the sum of all the colors, of all the violence she had…
- There’s nothing as significant as a human face. Nor as eloquent. We can never really know another person, except by our first glance at him.…
- Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by force. man had…
- There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from…
- You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll…
- Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines…
- There are no evil thoughts except one; the refusal to think.
- I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.
- He wanted nothing, for the time being, except to understand .... Without advice, assistance or plan, he began reading an incongruous assortment of books; he…
- He never felt lonliness except when he was happy.
- I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know my work is…
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- No one had ever called me unnatural before, except for the time I put ketchup on a taco. But seriously, we'd been… — Richelle Mead
- I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food… — Brendan Behan
- Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain? — Aeschylus
- I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort. — Spiro T. Agnew