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We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language. ↗

— Max Frisch

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Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever information I gave them to the Russian authorities. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

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As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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I think of myself as a very lazy author. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

#humble #individual #questions #reasoning #science

Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously. ↗

— Nina Garcia

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Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things. ↗

— Bill Gates

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Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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