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• Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of… — Jane Austen
• There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. — Robert Ballard
• Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies. — Milton Berle
• Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not… — Bruno Bettelheim
• The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy. — Buffalo Bill
• My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And… — Sara Blakely
• The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a… — Charles Bukowski
• My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the… — Smedley Butler
• India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil. — Hillary Clinton
• Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.… — Dale Carnegie
• You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to… — Mahatma Gandhi
• If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if… — Sun Tzu

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