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I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better. ↗

— William Wycherley

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In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

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To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking. ↗

— Alcaeus

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We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

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This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded. ↗

— Bill O'Reilly

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Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

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I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

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We need to have a culture that says 'the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself'. ↗

— Roscoe Bartlett

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Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States. ↗

— Don Baylor

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Certainly from the rehearsal process with Elizabeth I think it was very clear. Well let me start again. We were initially supposed to be more combative. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

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