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One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better. ↗

— Garry Trudeau

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In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. ↗

— Mark Twain

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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things. ↗

— Jack Vance

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Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language. ↗

— Christopher Walken

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If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one. ↗

— James D. Watson

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I believe in sex on a first date. Otherwise, how do you know if a second date is worth the effort? ↗

— Jackie Weaver

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To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose. ↗

— Eudora Welty

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