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I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office. — Dean Acheson
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that… — Isaac Asimov
I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look… — Margaret Atwood
The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God is best known in not knowing him. — Saint Augustine
For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. — Roger Bacon
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who… — Douglas Adams
I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any… — Tallulah Bankhead
I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known. — Bob Barker
On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. — Christiaan Barnard
Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. — Bernard Baruch
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of… — Bernard Baruch
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and… — Saint Basil
I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least… — Emmanuelle Beart
Paul Ryan is a nationally tested leader that is widely known and respected. — Bob Beauprez
I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't… — Beck
I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want… — Adele
Among the various vernaculars that are spoken in different parts of India, there is one that stands out strongly from the rest, as that which… — Annie Besant
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. — Ambrose Bierce
I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct… — Buffalo Bill

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