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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it. ↗

— John Adams

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Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. ↗

— Scott Adams

#blaming #comes #decision-making #guessing #inadequate

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. ↗

— Aeschylus

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We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age. ↗

— Peter Akinola

#american #been #bury #church #deadly

You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis. ↗

— John R. Allen

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I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York. ↗

— Karen Allen

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I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York. ↗

— Mose Allison

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Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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