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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. ↗

— Claude Bernard

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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. ↗

— Wendell Berry

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The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

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The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

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I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire. There may be some tears because this is a dream of mine. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

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Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself. ↗

— David Walliams

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My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ. ↗

— John Woolman

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The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results. ↗

— Omar Bongo

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