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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. ↗

— Washington Irving

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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. ↗

— Washington Irving

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Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing. ↗

— Steve Irwin

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Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk. It doesn't matter where or what it is, from the biggest to the most venomous. ↗

— Steve Irwin

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I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

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When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

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You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip. ↗

— Johnny Isakson

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Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence. ↗

— Darrell Issa

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Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way. ↗

— Joichi Ito

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But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense. ↗

— Charles Ives

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