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I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation. ↗

— John George Nicolay

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He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form. ↗

— John C. Ransom

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I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

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Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs. ↗

— Felix Klein

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The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change. ↗

— Eric Sevareid

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Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished. ↗

— Anne Seward

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In vain shall Great Britain confer upon her colonies the free government and liberal principles of legislation, for which she is distinguished, if she do not carry with her the revelations of God. ↗

— John Strachan

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A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism. ↗

— Robert M. Hutchins

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