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Of my two `handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black. — Shirley Chisholm
People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soilâ€”soil consecrated in the blood of… — Douglas MacArthur
The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will. — Thomas Pynchon
One of the things I miss about teaching is that students would tell me what I ought to read. One of my students, back in… — John Barth
A journey into the wilderness is the freest, cheapest, most nonprivileged of pleasures. Anyone with two legs and the price of a pair of army… — Edward Abbey
Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy. — Edward Abbey
We live in a time of twin credulities: the hunger for the miraculous combined with a servile awe of science. The mating of the two… — Edward Abbey
In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the United States, industry controls government. That is the principal structural difference between the two great oligarchies… — Edward Abbey
There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time. — Edward Abbey
The artist in our time has two chief responsibilities: (1) art; and (2) sedition. — Edward Abbey
I wouldn't trade a good horse for the best Rolls-Royce ever made -- unless I could trade the Rolls for two good horses. — Edward Abbey
You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not. They may crash and burn,… — Julian Barnes
Because of my pride in my Scottish heritage, I used to say things like 'I don't mind buying a round of drinks but I don't… — Rod Stewart
The two oldest professions in the world â€” ruined by amateurs. — Alexander Woollcott
Lawyers hold that there are two kinds of particularly bad witnesses--a reluctant witness, and a too-willing witness. — Charles Dickens
Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who make… — Frederic Bastiat
General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the… — Mercy Otis Warren
But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire… — Thomas Jefferson
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson
Smearing good people like Lauchlin Currie [former administrative assistant to President Roosevelt], Alger Hiss and others is, I think, unforgiveable... Anyone knowing Mr. Currie or… — Eleanor Roosevelt

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