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I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country. ↗

— Edwin M. Stanton

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Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30. ↗

— Catherine II

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Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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I looked at my daughter's face and thought, it's lovely to be beautiful but better to be healthy. ↗

— Koo Stark

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Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. ↗

— John Cheever

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It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, "This is not a criminal act," not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war. ↗

— Dick Cheney

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It would be fun to do a reunion show. I hope we do it some day, but it better be soon. We're all getting on. ↗

— William Christopher

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I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012. ↗

— Linford Christie

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A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games. ↗

— Howard Staunton

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As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives. ↗

— John G. D. Clark

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