#cons

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

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The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that they're learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#bit #classics #consequences #five #him

I want to do something crazy for a part - something I'd never even consider in real life. ↗

— Kate Mara

#crazy #even #i #life #never

While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse. ↗

— Terence

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You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly. ↗

— Terence

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You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it. ↗

— Terence

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All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents. ↗

— Mel Martinez

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I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

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The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods. ↗

— Andrew Mason

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