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I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi
I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the… — Octavia Butler
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. — Samuel Butler
God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. — Samuel Butler
There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. — Samuel Butler
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. — Samuel Butler
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. — Samuel Butler
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them. — Samuel Butler
I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all,… — Samuel Butler
When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a… — Jenson Button
Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into… — Buzz Aldrin
Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't know any other… — Lord Byron
Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger. — Lord Byron
I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to… — Meg Cabot
I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country. — Nicolas Cage
I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own. — Nicolas Cage
Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island. — Nicolas Cage
'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction… — Nicolas Cage
If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the… — Herman Cain
This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true. I believe a third would vote for me,… — Herman Cain
I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well… — Michael Caine
I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age. — Michael Caine
For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart. — Michael Caine
I love 'Wild 'N Out' so much - one, because it's my baby, but also I get to see others succeed and go on to… — Nick Cannon

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