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• San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness. — Herb Caen
• The life of a mathematician is dominated by an insatiable curiosity, a desire bordering on passion to solve the problems… — Jean Dieudonne
• Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a… — Garry Kasparov
• Consider love: is there a nobler outpouring, a rapture less suspect? Its shudders rival music, compete with the tears of… — Emile M. Cioran
• What does physical eroticism signify if not a violation of the very being of its practitioners? – A violation bordering… — Georges Bataille
• The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on… — George Galloway
• I had a constant fascination with the darkside. It is another world, bordering on insanity, and demonic possession, or what… — Glenn Hughes
• From several of the Indian tribes inhabiting the country bordering on Lake Erie purchases have been made of lands on… — James Monroe
• Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily… — Steven Saylor
• What a pity people don't take as much trouble with their own breeding as intelligent racehorse owners do. But then… — Jeffrey Bernard
• My husband claims I have an unhealthy obsession with secondhand bookshops. That I spend too much time daydreaming altogether. But… — Kathleen Tessaro
• Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking… — Warren Buffett

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