#reason

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely. ↗

— Hesketh Pearson

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The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

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I always say that things are meant to be and everything happens for a reason, so I don't have any regrets. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#any #everything #happens #i #i always

Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted. ↗

— Albert Pike

#exhausted #faith #reason #sinks #where

The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. ↗

— Elihu Root

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The reason most people sweat is so they will not catch fire while they are making love. ↗

— Don Rose

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When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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