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I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
I don't mean to be insolent. I'm truthful. I tell the truth and the truth sometimes hurts. For instance, you have bad breath, Lieutenant. I… — Robert Cormier
History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you.… — Howard Zinn
Every instance in my life, I've felt like the exact opposite of Superman. Except this time, this moment right now. I don't care. I don't… — Craig Silvey
The courtroom is one instance of the fact that while our society may be liberal and democratic in some large and vague sense, its moving… — Howard Zinn
We have been led to imagine all sorts of things infinitely more marvelous than the imagining of poets and dreamers of the past. It shows… — Richard P. Feynman
If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to… — Daniel Handler
Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for instance, that I… — Albert Einstein
There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. "It can be built… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Everybody gets jolted. You, me, before we die weâ€™ll all get nailed, lots of times. But that doesnâ€™t mean weâ€™ll get turned into witches. You… — David James Duncan
To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel in that belief… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
To recognize our bias toward error should teach us modesty and reflection, and to forgive it should help us avoid the inhumanity of thinking we… — Marilynne Robinson
In the most basic terms it was about how when we experience art without critical awareness we consent to the ideas being promoted, either intentionally… — Simon Pegg
The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth… — John Stuart Mill
If you donâ€™t care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and then repeat the word with the letters… — Daniel Handler
There are many reasons, of course, why someone might snap their fingers and grin. If you heard some pleasing music, for instance, you might snap… — Daniel Handler
You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taught… — H.G. Wells
13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables,… — Daniel Handler
To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope… — Idries Shah
For instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion on this subject.… — Albert Camus

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