#cons

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

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When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories. ↗

— Dario Fo

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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Conservative's the last thing I am. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

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I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model. ↗

— Danica McKellar

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Jackie considered his resurrection, the world's best return performance. ↗

— Audrey Meadows

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Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese. ↗

— Dennis Miller

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In the vanity of self-consciousness one feels at a long remove above the ordinary love and trustfulness of a simple and pure heart. ↗

— Donald G. Mitchell

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Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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