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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. ↗

— David Hume

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We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food, and also much lighter taxation. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#cheaper #food #lessen #level #lighter

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#does #ever #i #linux #means

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness. ↗

— James Thurber

#bound #confusion #kind #lead #minutes

And one thing I can be proud of is we have a 'Come and Try Fishing' day every year. And there's 20 venues throughout the state, and see, these thousands of kids who've never been fishing come along. ↗

— Rex Hunt

#been #come #day #every #fishing

Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It's like a drug. ↗

— Isabelle Huppert

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Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course. ↗

— John Hurt

#character #course #darkness #dimension #else

The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#american history #aside #caribbean #celebrate #contribution

That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers. ↗

— Francis Hutcheson

#best #greatest #greatest happiness #happiness #numbers

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

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