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A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

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The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where it takes you. Whether it's using an acoustic guitar, or piano, or electronics as tools, all of these lead to creating different types of songs and I used all of these methods for this record. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure. ↗

— Soichiro Honda

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We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated! ↗

— Peter Hook

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Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value. ↗

— Sidney Hook

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