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We regard our living together not as an unfortunate mishap warranting endless competition among us but as a deliberate act of God to make us… — Steven Biko
Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on 'MythBusters,' we're always trying to make the process… — Adam Savage
A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture. — Mark Twain
With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working up… — William Faulkner
It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who… — Baruch Spinoza
Some people collect paperweights, or pre-Columbian figures, or old masters, or young mistresses, or tombstone rubbings, or five-minute recipes, or any of a thousand other… — Peg Bracken
What else is there to make life tolerable? We stand on the shore of an ocean, crying to the night and to emptiness. Sometimes a… — Bertrand Russell
The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on the whole, educated… — Margaret Mead
One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was awful. Late into… — Lincoln Steffens
Sometimes people think that because you have money and position you are immune from the human experience. But I can feel as lonesome and lost… — Robert Kennedy
When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction. Usually… — Juliana Hatfield
If you ever find yourself tempted to seek out someone else's opinion on a trade, that's usually a sure sign that you should get out… — Linda Bradford Raschke
If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year or… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Actors always think that others are getting more work than them. In my case, they usually are. — Richard E. Grant
Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a… — Eddie Rickenbacker
The fact of the matter is that poor men do not often steal, and when they do, it is petty theft, something to eat or… — Louis L'Amour
Those graces which from their presumed facility encourage all to attempt an imitation of them, are usually the most inimitable. — Charles Caleb Colton
Programming is usually taught by examples. — Niklaus Wirth
Great teachers are usually a little crazy. — Andy Rooney
It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in… — Madeleine L'Engle

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