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Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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When the Democrats were investigating the U.S. attorneys that were accused of responding to political pressure, that I joined Senator Leahy in efforts to get transparency of all of the documents. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

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Strong efforts may be made to deny the place, to silence the authentic, but the spirit of things will break through that silence. ↗

— John Haynes

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If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

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The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big effort to keep them from being seen through. But a very old idea is at work behind our current state of affairs: enantiodromia, or the Greek notion of things turning into their opposite. ↗

— James Hillman

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Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved. ↗

— Eric Hobsbawm

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The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

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If you've seen a photo of me from when I was a kid, I don't think anyone would have expected that going in front of the camera was something that I was going to do. I can't believe how little effort my parents put into making me seem like an appealing little girl. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

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I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

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The largest single contributor to Iraq's security is that effort of Iraqi people who continue to step forward to join the various Iraqi security forces. ↗

— Craig L. Thomas

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