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Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite. — Marlon Brando
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. — Phillips Brooks
In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are… — Les Brown
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is… — Giordano Bruno
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish… — Edward Albee
The feeble soul merely whines and complains. — Taylor Caldwell
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? — John Calvin
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. — Albert Camus
One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link. — Paul Cezanne
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. — Anton Chekhov
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not… — Lord Chesterfield
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The present condition of fame is merely fashion. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other… — Carl von Clausewitz
The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity. — Henry Clay
My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely. — Cleopatra
The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and… — William Kingdon Clifford
Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. — Eric Alterman
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. — Henri Frederic Amiel

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