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The salvation of the world depends on the men who will not take evil good-humouredly, and whose laughter destroys the fool instead of encouraging him. — George Bernard Shaw
Instead of man to love, we have a man-god to worship . From being the example of devotion, he is its object; the religion of… — James Anthony Froude
Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the… — Charles Caleb Colton
I like to write. Sometimes I'm afraid that I like it too much because when I get into work I don't want to leave it.… — Harper Lee
With women, the great business of life is love; and they generally make a mistake in it. They consult neither the heart nor the head,… — William Hazlitt
Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours'… — William Hazlitt
After the success of 'August,' there were people saying I should change my life. And maybe I should have bought a yacht and traveled the… — Tracy Letts
Good leadership is hard to measure on a daily basis which is why so many default to doing what's easy to measure instead. — Simon Sinek
The way to get through anything mentally painful is to take it a little at a time. The mind can't handle dealing with a massive… — Joe De Sena
Philip Kitcher has composed the most formidable defense of the secular view of life since Dewey. Unlike almost all of contemporary atheism, Life After Faith… — Leon Wieseltier
Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead of right, a… — Neil Abramson
If I were to give a summary of the tendency of our times, I would say, Quantity. The multitude, the mass spirit, dominates everywhere, destroying… — Emma Goldman
Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without willing it or… — Karl Marx
It is a bad thing to perform menial duties even for the sake of freedom; to fight with pinpricks, instead of with clubs. I have… — Karl Marx
Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now… — Ronald Reagan
I have sometimes thought there could be no stronger testimony in favor of Religion or against temporal Enjoyments even the most rational and manly than… — James Madison
I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have… — Jimmy Carter
You know, many a man realizes late in life that if when he was a boy he had known what he knows now, instead of… — Stephen Leacock
Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds… — Pope Francis
A song is not going to change this damn world. Instead of making people mad about this shitty situation, it's going to make everybody happy.… — Chaka Khan
In 1992 I was doing one of my first ever tours and I was in Heathrow airport and I saw these middle-aged musicians who had… — Unknown Author
I always want to try to bring something fresh to every book. It's getting harder instead of easier. I feel like I work harder with… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but spend less time… — Trent Reznor
There's something exciting and incredibly liberating for an artist to finish something Friday night and the world hears it Friday night instead of eight months… — Trent Reznor
I think the universities as we know them will be dead in a future years. I'd like to see them replaced by something better, instead… — David Gelernter

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