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1453 quotes by 1199 authors

To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can… — Thomas Paine
The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was… — Douglas Adams
Good is not good, where better is expected — Thomas Fuller
Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the… — Amy Tan
I smiled at him as best I could and pushed the paper across the table before he could change his mind. Because Henry DeVille was… — Jodi Picoult
You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need… — Jodi Picoult
Indeed, when I came to Italy, I expected to encounter a certain amount of resentment, but have received instead empathy from most Italians. In any… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time… — Ayn Rand
My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognise that the majority of the British people are not Christians and, therefore, cannot be expected… — C.S. Lewis
I'm thinking that it might actually be possible for things to work out sometimes. Definitely not everything and maybe not the way you imagined. But… — Susane Colasanti
Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry; and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was… — Seth Grahame-Smith
I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received. — Amy Tan
Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected! — J.R.R. Tolkien
Knowing is not simply a material act, since the object that is known always conceals something beyond the empirical datum. All our knowledge, even the… — Pope Benedict XVI
Evil was predictable, always painfully expected. — Ted Dekker
But people only die in proper duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoyâ€™ll be able to do is send sparks at… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end. — Daisaku Ikeda
He was looking at me, jsut as I'd thought he would be, but like Bert's, his light was not what I expected. No pity, no… — Sarah Dessen
I wasn't sure what I expected her to do or say to this. It was all new to me from that second on. But clearly,… — Sarah Dessen

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