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Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing. ↗

— Alexander Woollcott

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A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is all we require, and we should say that the phenomenon had been predicted, that it is governed by the laws. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism. ↗

— Roberto Rossellini

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I've always treated women well. ↗

— Rick Springfield

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I suppose any note, no matter how sour, sounds like a song if you hold onto it long enough. ↗

— Dewitt Bodeen

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In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored! ↗

— Isabella Rossellini

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I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail. ↗

— John Bolton

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