#excess

An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth. ↗

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The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

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One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that any embarrassment which might arise would be from excess of material. I find this, however, far from being the case. ↗

— James Payn

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Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up. ↗

— Jim Rogers

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What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents. ↗

— John C. Ransom

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I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess. ↗

— Annie Lennox

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While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse. ↗

— Terence

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You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly. ↗

— Terence

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You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it. ↗