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The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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John Kerry was officially endorsed by Dick Gephardt, and Kerry said, 'What did I ever do to you?' ↗

— Craig Kilborn

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Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era. ↗

— Jim Cooper

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Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair. ↗

— Doug Coupland

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My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

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Art depends on luck and talent. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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