#certain

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and I do hope they're on target. ↗

— Ann Beattie

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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

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Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

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Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own. ↗

— Omar Bongo

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The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election. ↗

— Belle Boyd

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As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care. ↗

— Joyce Brothers

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I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

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The best scheme of Phonetics is a stiff uncertain thing. ↗

— Thomas Edward Brown

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And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

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