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The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about… — Richard Bach
Deprivation sometimes can be one of the most marvelous teachers. — Michele Bachmann
John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved. — Michele Bachmann
Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's… — Kevin Bacon
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. — Francis Bacon
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. — Francis Bacon
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. — Lord Acton
I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and… — Kevin Bacon
The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others. — Robert Baden-Powell
Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high.… — Erykah Badu
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to… — Walter Bagehot
I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that. — David Bailey
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks… — Philip James Bailey
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. — Abigail Adams
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been… — Abigail Adams
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in… — Russell Baker
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. — Russell Baker
Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it… — Russell Baker
A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant… — Russell Baker
There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly… — Russell Baker

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