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For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. ↗

— Arthur Machen

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There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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I had set a goal of being a producer by 25. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

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The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap. ↗

— Bill Maher

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They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

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The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send them to Afghanistan? This business must be stopped. It's a dirty business to produce such a horrible device. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

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No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create. ↗

— David Mamet

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