#doe

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

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The world does not get to be a better or a worse place; it just gets more senescent. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#does #get #gets #just #more

The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective. ↗

— Harold Bloom

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My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect. ↗

— John Dyer

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What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president? ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

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If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#course #discussion #does #himself #his

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

#appreciation #companionship #does #feels #fundamental

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#benefits #compete #does #gets #gives

A property in the 100-year floodplain has a 96 percent chance of being flooded in the next hundred years without global warming. The fact that several years go by without a flood does not change that probability. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#chance #change #does #fact #flood

I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

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