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Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right… — William Ralph Inge
We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways.… — Christopher Nolan
How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values? — Alan Greenspan
Whether we know it or not, we transmit the presence of everyone we have ever known, as though by being in each other's presence we… — Natalie Goldberg
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.… — Mahatma Gandhi
And yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics. ... Flashy effects distract the mind.… — Katherine Anne Porter
We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are. — Henry James
We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can… — Steve Ballmer
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or… — Paul von Hindenburg
We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. — Donald Rumsfeld
The Iraqi regime . . . possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced… — George W. Bush
In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why… — Betty Williams
We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses… — Thomas Jefferson
You and I want our lives to matter. We want our lives to make a real difference - to be of genuine consequence in the… — Werner Erhard
We know that progress is not inevitable. But neither was victory upon these beaches. Now, as then, the inner voice tells us to stand up… — William J. Clinton
We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about. — Richard Peck
What we know about writing the novel is the novel. — Eudora Welty
Finding a voice that your readers will enjoy is largely a matter of taste. Saying that isn't much help-taste is a quality so intangible that… — William Zinsser
We cannot ask forgiveness over and over again for our sins, and then return to our sins, expecting God to forgive us. We must turn… — Billy Graham
We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel,… — John Wesley Powell

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