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Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say something. ↗

— Frank Crane

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Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. ↗

— Frank Crane

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Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself. ↗

— Frank Crane

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The form of my poem rises out of a past that so overwhelms the present with its worth and vision that I'm at a loss to explain my delusion that there exist any real links between that past and a future worthy of it. ↗

— Hart Crane

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A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is not necessarily the same thing. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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They had certainly exasperated them, and could not disperse them, as after every charge - and some of these drove the people right against the shutters in the shops in the Strand - they returned again. ↗

— Walter Crane

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I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done. ↗

— Alan Cranston

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Some entertainers don't pay attention to what's going on around them. ↗

— Louis C. K.

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Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water. ↗

— Will Steger

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