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The constitution has broken down. We have no enemies except the ones we select and direct towards the nearest nuclear bombs. They need an enemy… — Gore Vidal
The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the States are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as… — Thomas Jefferson
Never having thought of writing for the guitar, I asked Julian Bream for a chart which would explain what the guitar could do. I managed… — William Walton
It is too little to call man a little world; Except God, man is a diminutive to nothing. — John Donne
Words began to appear in English and to make some kind of equivalent. For what satisfaction it is hard to say, except that something seems… — Robert Fitzgerald
We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in… — Dirk Benedict
My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my… — Richard Russo
War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination. — Bill Moyers
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except… — Terri Windling
I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood. — Rip Torn
When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours… — Jeanette Winterson
Except for its backward compatibility with existing Wii software and accessories, we have so far failed to make propositions worthy of Wii U's position as… — Satoru Iwata
Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have no… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except… — Jerome K. Jerome
I never was an Abolitionest, not even what could be called anti slavery, but I try to judge farely and honestly and it become patent… — Ulysses S. Grant
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better. — Michel de Montaigne
The idea that relationships are not a strategy is potent; and the sad commentary proceeds to say that often relationships are seen as a strategy,… — Scot McKnight
Of course, a psychologist would find it more direct to study the inspired poet. He would make concrete studies of inspiration in individual geniuses. But… — Gaston Bachelard
One is always seeking the touchstone that will dissolve one's deficiencies as a person and as a craftsman. And one is always bumping up against… — Paul Gallico
Yet there were times when he did love her with all the kindness she demanded, and how was she to know what were those times?… — Pearl S. Buck
For the far higher task of teaching fortitude and patience I was never fool enough to suppose myself qualified, nor have I anything to offer… — D. A. Carson
The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums. — Brian May
A Jap's a Jap. There is no way to determine their loyalty... This coast is too vulnerable. No Jap should come back to this coast… — John L. DeWitt
No government which governs by the use of force can survive except by force. There is no going back because force begets force and the… — Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
Isolation is a blind alley....Nothing on the planet grows except by convergence. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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