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A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset. — James Gould Cozzens
After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would not reveal to a lifelong friend — Unknown Author
In chemistry, our theories are crutches; to show that they are valid, they must be used to walk... A theory established with the help of… — Jean-Baptiste Dumas
It is probably no exaggeration to suppose that in order to improve such an organ as the eye at all, it must be improved in… — Joseph Murray
A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence. — Jackson Pollock
For me, businesses are like buses. You stand on a corner and you don't like where the first bus is going? Wait ten minutes and… — Sheldon Adelson
Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. It has arrested ten thousand lightning flashes… — Richard Chenevix Trench
The occurrence of any event where the chances are beyond one in ten followed by 50 zeros is an event which we can state with… — Emile Borel
One person cannot change the world. But you can become the world for someone. A warm, bright, and peaceful world. If everyone can be such… — Enrique Iglesias
In the armies, and among every ten men, there must be one of more life, of more heart, or at least of more authority, who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Small people delight in what they call consistency-that is, it gives them immense pleasure to say that they believe now exactly as they did ten… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Of course they remember. But it's not gonna be about revenge; it's gonna be about the Big Ten championship. — Shannon Brown
They've been a thorn in our side, but we're playing for more than just revenge. We're coming out and playing for the Big Ten tournament… — Shannon Brown
My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already. — Milton Berle
What is an "instant" death anyway? How long is an instant? Is it one second? Ten? The pain of those seconds must have been awful… — John Green
Things I wonder about the FBI's list of the "Ten Most Wanted" criminals: When they catch a guy and he comes off the list, does… — George Carlin
If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses.… — Abraham Lincoln
Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten… — Ann Patchett
I want a soul mate who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me ten things I don't already know, and make me laugh.… — Henry Rollins
Before my accidents, there were ten thousands things I could do. I could spend the rest of my life dwelling on the things that I… — W Mitchell
...the amazing exhibition of oil which has characterized the last twenty years, and will probably characterize the next ten or twenty years, is nevertheless, not… — Unknown Author
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill… — David Gilmour
I sometimes wish we could have, over the next five or ten years, a lot of horrid things happening-you know, like tornadoes in the Midwest… — Thomas Schelling
The ten hottest years in the atmospheric record, going back only 160 years, have been in the last eleven years. — Al Gore
...2009 saw the eighth 'ten-year flood' of Fargo, North Dakota, since 1989. In Iowa, Cedar Rapids was hit last year by a flood that exceeded… — Al Gore

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