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People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

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The proposition that we should encourage wickedness and violence by exposing one side of the face to blows because we have been beaten on the other is too great an absurdity. ↗

— Thomas Mellon

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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. ↗

— Gian Carlo Menotti

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The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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My mother used to say, If other people have a problem with you, that's their problem. It's not your problem. I still have that philosophy today. ↗

— Michael Michele

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Through their donations and work for voluntary organizations, the charitable rich exert enormous influence in society. As philanthropists, they acquire status within and outside of their class. Although private wealth is the basis of the hegemony of this group, philanthropy is essential to the maintenance and perpetuation of the upper class in the United States. In this sense, nonprofit activities are the nexus of a modern power elite. ↗

— Teresa Odendahl

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Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

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The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

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We must be vigilant in our actions towards criminals, and innovative in our approach towards solving crime. ↗

— Thomas Menino

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