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The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.


Alexander Alekhine


#considered #crime #drunk #excuse #fact

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.


Aristotle


#hence #history #import #more #nature

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.


J. G. Ballard


#chronic #contentment #drunkenness #good #humor

Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq.


Peter DeFazio


#blatantly #bringing #contains #enemy #face

What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?


Joan Blades


#biggest #blue-collar #bowl #deficit #dollar

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.


Tryon Edwards


#elements #falsehood #first #inaccuracy #kin

Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.


Jan Egeland


#am #calling #ceasefire #civilians #concern

What is the source of all this trouble? I'm saying that the source is basically in thought. Many people would think that such a statement is crazy, because thought is the one thing we have with which to solve our problems. That's part of our tradition.


David Bohm


#because #crazy #i #many #one thing

I really think that creating clothes and fashion has to be a statement about how we live and where we live and what's happening in the world.


Sarah Burton


#clothes #creating #fashion #happening #how

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.


Julia Gillard


#conviction #given #know #nature #overstatement






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