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My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it. ↗

— Lord Melbourne

#doctrine #doubt #easy #entertain #esoteric

It is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it. ↗

— William Lamb Melbourne

#first #impossible #instance #maintain #popular

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things. ↗

— Herman Melville

#hard things #hard words #man #things #thinks

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#as far as #average #average person #concerned #considered

I don't understand what the big deal is with gay marriage. Get over it, people. ↗

— Kristin Chenoweth

#big deal #deal #gay #gay marriage #get

I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea. ↗

— Oliver North

#idea #money #neat #resistance #support

I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#account #bad #bad attitude #before #blaming

A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others. ↗

— Chin-Ning Chu

#chasing #dreams #life #lived #others

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#born #i #i was born #incapable #instance

People have a fear of the unknown. Insects have different senses than us, different amount of limbs and their body structure is very different. It's hard for us to really relate to them and understand them. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#body #different #fear #hard #insects