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Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely… — Steve Jobs
When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done — John Maynard Keynes
I have a plan.â€ He groaned. â€œI was afraid of that.â€ â€œMy plans are not terrible.â€ â€œIsabelleâ€™s plans are terrible.â€ He pointed a finger at… — Cassandra Clare
For every action, there's an infinity of outcomes. Countless trillions are possible, many milliards are likely, millions might be considered probable, several occur as possibilities… — China Mieville
Give it up? Not likely. Besides, what else would I do? I totally should have gone to Hogwart's when I had the chance. — Darynda Jones
You are beyond frustrating," she grumbled. "Why can't you do what I ask you to do without issuing a million questions first?" "I could say… — Gena Showalter
Would Grandmother scold him? Would she say, â€œFrank! Thank the gods, you've come. I'm surrounded by monsters.â€ More likely she'd scold him, or mistake them… — Rick Riordan
Sometimes I think thereâ€™s someone up there just sitting around thinking of ways to make me look like a complete moron. Seriously, I bet thereâ€™s… — Michael Thomas Ford
Of course, it is likely enough, my friends,' he said slowly, 'likely enough that we are going to our doom: the last march of the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? â€” why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections â€” an idea… — Alexandre Dumas
The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware. — George R. R. Martin
Somhow those Ten Men -- at the time they were called Recruiters, of course -- discovered that Constance had been at the library. Most likely… — Trenton Lee Stewart
It is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what you want to hear. — Jeanette Winterson
Many, if not most, of the best and most lasting childrenâ€™s books have multiple levels, some of which are not fully accessible to their most… — Patricia C. Wrede
The inability to live in the present lies in the fear of leaving the sheltered position of anticipation or memory, and so of admitting that… — Alain de Botton
If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the difficult task of… — Pearl S. Buck
Husbands lie, Masha. I should know; I've eaten my share. That's lesson one. Lesson number two: among the topics about which a husband is most… — Catherynne M. Valente
The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge.… — Idries Shah
Any theory which causes solipsism to seem just as likely an explanation for the phenomena it seeks to describe ought to be held in the… — Iain Banks
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. — Jules Renard

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