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I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted to get anywhere. ↗

— Heinrich Himmler

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However, the fact that the tanks had now been raised to such a pitch of technical perfection that they could cross our undamaged trenches and obstacles did not fail to have a marked effect on our troops. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health. ↗

— Hippocrates

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Until I got married, when I used to go out, my mother said good bye to me as though I was emigrating. ↗

— Thora Hird

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It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt. ↗

— William J. Clinton

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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful. ↗

— Damien Hirst

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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

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I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!' ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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