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Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians. — Thomas Jefferson
Day after day, night after night, my life at home is far from bright, but even home has more variety, than I can find in… — Franklin P. Adams
What is popular is not necessarily vulgar; and that which we try to rescue from fatal obscurity had in general much better remain where it… — William Hazlitt
I come from grunge, and then Brit-pop, scenes where you boast about how little you spent on an outfit. ... Now, it seems you must… — Caitlin Moran
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This… — Maria Montessori
If Parliament may take from me one shilling in the pound, what security have I for the other nineteen? — Richard Henry Lee
When we come to judge others it is not by ourselves as we really are that we judge them, but by an image that we… — W. Somerset Maugham
Insects sting, not from malice, but because they want to live. It is the same with critics; they desire our blood not our pain. — Friedrich Nietzsche
How do cultures differ from one another? Above all, in their customs. Tell me how you dress, how you act, what are your habits, which… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom. — Michel de Montaigne
Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so much time, which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was so much better… — Sonia Sotomayor
The descent into Hades is much the same from whatever place we start. — Anaxagoras
Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Pain is a teacher from whom we can learn much. — John Powell
There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union.… — Cesar Chavez
I had a dream my life would be different from this hell I am living, so different from what it seemed. Now life has killed… — Victor Hugo
Nothing great or enduring, especially in music, has ever sprung full-fledged and unprecedented from the brain of any master; the best he gives to the… — James Weldon Johnson
Now there's a man with an open mind - you can feel the breeze from here! — Groucho Marx
To have your niece die in your arms is the greatest gift from god. — Celine Dion
But as importantly, it lies in the fact that we've got citizens from all walks of life, all political parties, that are willing to say,… — George W. Bush
She's descended from a long line her mother listened to. — Gypsy Rose Lee
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge. — Thomas Reed
Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country. — Ian Rush
I think that the film Clueless was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness… — Alicia Silverstone

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