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Practical Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Even the utmost good-will and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say,…
- What we want is not mainly to colonize Nebraska with free men, but to colonize Massachusetts with free men-to be free ourselves. As the enterprise…
- For eighteen hundred years, though perchance I have no right to say it, the New Testament has been written; yet where is the legislator who…
- To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would…
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- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in… — Lord Acton
- I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't… — Christian Bale
- Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. — Henry Adams
- Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. — L. Frank Baum
- I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18… — Erma Bombeck