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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath…
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
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See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He burns, too,…
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so…
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He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be…
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Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
— Sitting Bull
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The issue here is not gun control. And it's not even astronomical cost overruns, although those are serious. What's really inexcusable is…
— Sheila Fraser
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Getting C programmers to understand that they cause the computer to do less than minimum is intractable. … Ask him why he…
— Erik Naggum
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No mercy, no power but its own controls it. Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider,…
— Herman Melville
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A mind does not receive truth as a chest receives jewels that are put into it, but as the stomach takes up…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just…
— Hillary Clinton
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Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality…
— Martin Filler
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Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments - as…
— Connie Willis
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