#most

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. ↗

— John Foster Dulles

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It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#class #difficult #first #first class #fourth

Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

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We became friends as we became a band. Our friendship evolved as the band evolved. It had its ups and downs, but it was mostly ups for the four of us. We got along well almost all of the time. Hey! We liked each other and we still do. ↗

— Dave Blood

#along #band #became #downs #each

Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#dream #get #got #i #live

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#away #coaching #decision #family #family life

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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