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A man with a scant vocabulary will almost certainly be a weak thinker. The richer and more copious one's vocabulary and the greater one's awareness… — Henry Hazlitt
When you are young so many things are difficult to believe, and yet the dullest people will tell you that they are true--such things, for… — E. Nesbit
The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother-love or patriotism or art: but lust is less likely to be made… — C.S. Lewis
I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory. — Jack Vance
It isn't necessarily easier if you know what it is you're meant to do-- but at least you don't waste time in questioning or doubting.… — Diana Gabaldon
Here is the secret to surviving one of these [airplane] crashes: Be male. In a 1970 Civil Aeromedical institute study of three crashes involving emergency… — Mary Roach
Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better. — Robert Frost
Arthritic toothless people who love orgasms are more likely to reproduce than are limber, toothy people who do not. — Daniel Gilbert
A girl that's born for hangin' ain't likely to be drowned. — L.A. Meyer
Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that… — Elizabeth Strout
When I was at school my jography told me th' earth was shaped like a orange an' I found out before I was ten that… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Taking the decision-making process away from people disempowers them. It also makes them much less likely to buy into the decision, however right it may… — Surya Das
Breathe in, breath out. Oxygen is carcinogenic and likely puts a limit on our life span. It would be unwise though, to try to extend… — Jeanette Winterson
So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove it's… — Richard P. Feynman
...When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality, the upheaval of… — Janet Frame
As long as my heart's still in it, I'll keep going. If the passion's there, why stop?... There'll likely be a point of diminishing returns,… — Dean Karnazes
Anything that happens all at once is just as likely to unhappen all at once, you know? — John Green
The more depressed and maladjusted you are, the more likely it is that you are seeing things right, with minimal bias — John Derbyshire
Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is… — Herman E. Daly
Whether I or anyone else accepted the concept of alcoholism as a disease didn't matter; what mattered was that when treated as a disease, those… — Craig Ferguson

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