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Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize… — John Ruskin
The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the… — John Ruskin
Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. — Bertrand Russell
Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for. — Katey Sagal
Willem de Kooning is generally credited for coming out of the painterly gates strong in the forties, revolutionizing art and abstraction and reaching incredible heights… — Jerry Saltz
I watch the Food Network with my kids. We - yeah, I - I - I generally don't admit that, but I love cooking. — Rick Santorum
At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since. — Marilyn vos Savant
The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I don't generally do movies that get good reviews. — Sean William Scott
I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature… — Wallace Shawn
I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters. — Michael Sheen
When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest… — Rob Sheffield
When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa. — Sargent Shriver
The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain… — Herbert Simon
Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we… — Peter Singer
The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted. — Samuel Smiles
Generally, I wake up, honestly it's creepy, but I wake up around 4:20. — Kevin Smith
Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad. — Zadie Smith
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and… — Tony Snow

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