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People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs. ↗

— John Dos Passos

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I love really crappy carnivals, where you think the ride is going to break. There's something so seedy about them. ↗

— Lea Thompson

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We know that when people are safe in their homes, they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families. ↗

— George Pataki

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When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. ↗

— George Pataki

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During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus. ↗

— Michel Patini

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It was a pretty fierce rivalry. I'm just speaking for myself, but I think it was general through the clubs. We didn't like them, and they didn't like us. ↗

— Bobby Thomson

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