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If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#attach #best #course #degree #himself

The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#assertion #chief #coming #does #failed

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine. ↗

— William Feather

#enjoying #making #people #preparation #rainy

Which death is preferably to every other? "The unexpected". ↗

— Julius Caesar

#every #other #preferably #unexpected #which

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious. ↗

— William Feather

#cheerfulness #early #early morning #extremely #obnoxious

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. ↗

— John Cage

#cannot #empty #empty space #fact #hear

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#comes #drunk #man #out #true

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#each #exactly #meant #other #our

All of my characters have a glint of madness. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#madness

Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me. ↗