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Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us it is sufficient if what we say can't be disproved or shown to be false. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#evidence #false #fiction #find #historians

When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football. ↗

— Kenny Chesney

#felt #fire #focus #football #had

As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going? ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#claims #countries #down #go #going

Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#birthday party #emotionally #ever #exhausting #horrible

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#doctrines #either #else #everybody #like

The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#every #government #i #into #israel

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#call #consciousness #definition #life #same

Passivity is the same as defending injustice. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#injustice #passivity #same

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#behind #discussion #find #framework #kind

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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