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4349 Usually quotes by 2960 unique authors
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Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who…
— John Maynard Keynes
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What one person does, several people usually consider.
— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with…
— Tom Robbins
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It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a friend. Somehow, I…
— Oscar Wilde
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You're fun to look at," decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. "Fun?" he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said. "The best I…
— Gregory Maguire
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The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.
— Mortimer Adler
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Before, they had never found themselves broken together. Usually, it was one needing the other but not both needing each other, and so there had…
— Alice Sebold
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Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp…” She looked at Zoe. “Which one was…
— Rick Riordan
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None of the bravado he usually showed was there. I guess there was "usually" and then there was being held in the grip of a…
— Richelle Mead
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In the long run managements stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either.
— Warren Buffett
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Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way our sons and…
— Rick Riordan
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I have faith that God will show you the answer. But you have to understand that sometimes it takes a while to be able to…
— Nicholas Sparks
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Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help…
— Sheri L. Dew
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I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life. They seek position, marriage,…
— Carl Jung
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The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is…
— Isaac Asimov
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But suppose one doesn't quite know which one wants to put first. Suppose," said Harriet, falling back on words which were not her own, "suppose…
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.
— Iris Murdoch
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People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way--in such a way that often nobody believes me!
— Richard P. Feynman
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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to…
— Gretchen Rubin
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First the colours. Then the humans. That’s usually how I see things. Or at least, how I try.
— Markus Zusak
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What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to…
— Henrik Ibsen
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This is how great intellectual breakthroughs usually happen in practice. It is rarely the isolated genius having a eureka moment alone in the lab. Nor…
— Steven Johnson
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Minnesotans who bought scenic art usually avoided winter scenes. Hannah didn't find that surprising. Minnesota winters were long. Why would they want to buy a…
— Joanne Fluke
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I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
— C.S. Lewis
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I stood on Susan Boone's front porch, feeling lame. But then, since I've pretty much felt lame my entire life, this was no big surprise.…
— Meg Cabot
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