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We must not let daylight in upon the magic. — Walter Bagehot
Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone,… — Evander Holyfield
The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from… — Simone de Beauvoir
I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful… — Jonathan Swift
I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but of the whole… — Winston Churchill
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct… — Samuel Johnson
The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls. — Stirling Moss
Certainly there are things worth believing. I believe in the brotherhood of man and the uniqueness of the individual. But if you ask me to… — Albert Einstein
I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon… — Albert Einstein
I do not believe that a man should be restrained in his daily actions by being afraid of punishment after death or that he should… — Albert Einstein
I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves. This ethical basis I call the ideal of the pigsty. — Albert Einstein
The opportunities of the twenty-first century make those of us who care about cities feel like kids in a candy store: How will cities survive… — Greg Nickels
I remember being a 12 year old art kid and feeling like there was no exciting art movement happening, especially for somebody like me. I… — Unknown Author
If it be asked, Why does God not bestow the same or equal blessing upon all people? we can only answer, that has not been… — Loraine Boettner
We Jews have put issue upon issue to the American people. Then we promote both sides of the issue as confusion reigns. With their eye's… — Harold Wallace Rosenthal
These elites, preferring to work in private, are rarely found posed for photographers, and their influence upon events has therefore to be deduced from what… — Harold Wallace Rosenthal
We turned onto the last landing. Going out with this guy, I thought, would involve a lot of silly laughter, some wit--the buzz of his… — Alice McDermott
The poems in Katherine Soniat's new collection, The Swing Girl, weave emotion's 'spray going farther than thought' with the 'bedrock things' of the trod-upon world.… — Unknown Author
But do let me reiterate the spirit of Michigan. It is based upon a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways; an enthusiasm that… — Fielding H. Yost

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