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The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for… — Aristotle
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to… — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment… — Aristotle
We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are… — Paul Auster
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else. So… — Paul Auster
Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current… — Benigno Aquino III
Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. — Richard Bach
The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little bit wiser, a… — Frank Abagnale
I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called… — Billie Joe Armstrong
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but… — Billie Joe Armstrong
Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength. — Karen Armstrong
Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam… — Karen Armstrong
But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger… — Karen Armstrong
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons,… — Karen Armstrong
Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what… — Lance Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and… — Johann Arndt
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold

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