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The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied an influence of… — Thomas Jefferson
Inflation is probably the most important single factor in that vicious circle wherein one kind of government action makes more and more government control necessary.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my… — Yousuf Karsh
My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good… — Richard Avedon
It is curious that I always want to group things, a series of sonnets, a series of photographs; whatever rationalizations appear, they originate in urges… — Minor White
Before he has seen the whole, how unusually perceptive and imaginative the person must be to evolve the entire sequence by meditating on its single,… — Minor White
Oh! To not need cognitive justification for every single thing. Wouldn't that be a life? — Laura Marling
Like the advocates of Birth Control, the eugenists, for instance, are seeking to assist the race toward the elimination of the unfit. Both are seeking… — Margaret Sanger
A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. — Oliver Goldsmith
The fusion (of economic functions) would compel nations to fuse their sovereignty into that of a single European State. — Jean Monnet
That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good… — Angela Merkel
We will take care of every single person in our society. That is our task, — Angela Merkel
The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier. — Otto von Bismarck
In some way or other we are part of a single, all-embracing psyche, a single 'greatest man. . . .' — Carl Jung
Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to… — B.F. Skinner
Without being forgiven, released from the consequences of what we have done, our capacity to act would, as it were, be confined to one single… — Hannah Arendt
I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket and flew to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed? — Homer
I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and… — John F. Kennedy
We're at a time when we are being presented with undeniable changes in the global climate and fundamental issues that affect every single one of… — Thom Yorke
What is it with all of these young, single white women? Overeducated- doesn't mean intelligent. — Rush Limbaugh

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