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What is a country? A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries, usually unnatural. Englishmen are dying for England, Americans… — Joseph Heller
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a… — John Steinbeck
It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them… — Saul Bellow
The more observing ones may have seen, but discerning people are usually discreet and often kind, for we usually bleed a little before we begin… — Willa Cather
Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do.… — Dalai Lama
Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography. — Oscar Wilde
Her form, though not so correct as her sister's, in having the advantage of height, was more striking; and her face was so lovely, that… — Jane Austen
… people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually… — Terry Pratchett
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine — Sharon Salzberg
I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it. It takes getting… — Susanna Kaysen
I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and… — Henry David Thoreau
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it. — Wendell Berry
In a sense the car has become a prosthetic, and though prosthetics are usually for injured or missing limbs, the auto-prosthetic is for a conceptually… — Rebecca Solnit
Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity. — Richard Paul Evans
Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don'tin your… — Erwin Rommel
But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if they’re brilliant and creative to begin with—which, unfortunately, is rarely the case—tend to leave infinitely… — J D Salinger
If you are careful,' Garp wrote, 'if you use good ingredients, and you don't take any shortcuts, then you can usually cook something very good.… — John Irving
The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen ... Perhaps it can't… — James A. Baldwin
One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never… — Anne Tyler
It was as if Hannah had sprung a leak and her character, usually so meticulous and contained, was spilling all over the place. — Marisha Pessl
To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually stays up longer. He places… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright. — Mario Puzo
When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go… — C.S. Lewis
Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it… — Markus Zusak

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