#rve

It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them. ↗

— Robert. L. Ehrlich

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Observe all men, thyself most. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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A technical survey that systematize, digest, and appraise the mid century state of psychology. ↗

— Stanley Smith Stevens

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The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement. ↗

— Lucian Freud

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Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#poetry #preserved #thus

One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country. ↗

— Danny Glover

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Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey of some sort. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#behavior #engaged #everyone #human #human behavior

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. ↗

— Graham Greene

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These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd. ↗

— Joe Henderson

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Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice? ↗

— William Dean Howells

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