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Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my country; I am… — Queen Victoria
It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many… — Ernest Hemingway
There are few good women who do not tire of their role. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse. — Juvenal
There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. — Robert Frost
As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity:… — Thomas Paine
To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man… — Jean Rostand
The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be derived from the people; but, that those… — James Madison
There are men who could neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of their duty; but this stern virtue is the growth of few… — Alexander Hamilton
Few people do business well who do nothing else — Lord Chesterfield
We spend most of our lives working. So why do so few people have a good time doing it? — Richard Branson
Investors want to know how exposed a business is to climate change. The physical risks to Tesco are clear, but could be far-reaching. Freak weather… — Terry Leahy
Earth has few secrets from the birds. — William Beebe
From the rocket we can see the huge sphere of the planet in one or another phase of the Moon. We can see how the… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth at all. It… — Seth Shostak
Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; and theorize on it… — Abraham Lincoln
Plants, again, inasmuch as they are without locomotion, present no great variety in their heterogeneous pacts. For, when the functions are but few, few also… — Aristotle
Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants… — John C. Maxwell
Poetry challenges you. Much of its importance is that it's one of the few places left in culture that makes things difficult-it asks you to… — Dan Beachy-Quick
There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God. — Michel de Montaigne
You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have… — Jimmy Webb
Each time my mother went psychotic, I hoped it would be the last time. Afterward she would tell me, 'I think that was the final… — Augusten Burroughs
I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But Louis Armstrong was… — Scott Avett
My favorite song he ever wrote was 'Cold Cold Heart.' If you think about it, the lyric to 'Cold Cold Heart,' see how many two… — Don Helms
All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheese making class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to… — Jesse McCartney

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