#too

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men. ↗

— Stuart Symington

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Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#formerly #magic #medicine #men #mistake

At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn't possible to save mankind. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#creative #creative life #good #humanity #i

Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#comparison #dream #get #him #i

I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#bad #fighting #i #many #poet

Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#anything #common #course #daily #grind

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage. ↗

— Ice T

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Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#clean #completely #doubts #given #having

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

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Being a parent is too complicated and emotional a task for magical techniques and miracle cures. ↗

— Ron Taffel

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