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Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. ↗

— David Hume

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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius. ↗

— Henry Adams

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Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

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For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows. ↗

— Fiona Apple

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To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Being with my family is my highest priority. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

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With 'Django Unchained,' when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is not going to do a movie that's just going to lay there and be safe. There's going to be twists and flips. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

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The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual maturity and inexhaustible idealism can it be brought safely through all storms and find its way to port. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

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