 The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. Author: A. A. Milne
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| There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew. Author: A. Bartlett Giamatti
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| All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. Author: A. C. Benson
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| You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living. Author: A. E. van Vogt
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| I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was. Author: A. J. Foyt
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| Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. Author: A. J. Liebling
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| We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life. Author: A. J. Muste
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| A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients. Author: A. J. P. Taylor
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| In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power. Author: A. J. P. Taylor
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| Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914. Author: A. J. P. Taylor
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| Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else. Author: A. J. P. Taylor
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| The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. Author: A. P. Herbert
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| A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. Author: A. Philip Randolph
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| Only silence perfects silence. Author: A. R. Ammons
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| The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance. Author: A. R. Ammons
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| The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down. Author: A. Whitney Brown
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| I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle, so he grew up in the countryside. Author: Aaron Klug
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| I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches. Author: Aaron Neville
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| It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. "The West Wing" isn't meant to be good for you. Author: Aaron Sorkin
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| The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers. Author: Abbe Pierre
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| Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. Author: Abbie Hoffman
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| I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute. Author: Abbie Hoffman
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| The only way to support a revolution is to make your own. Author: Abbie Hoffman
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| When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. Author: Abbie Hoffman
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| Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation. Author: Abdallah II
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| Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet. Author: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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| People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. Author: Abdolkarim Soroush
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| If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. Author: Abdul Kalam
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| In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Author: Abdul Kalam
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| Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. Author: Abdul Kalam
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| Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work. Author: Abdul Kalam
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| Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength. Author: Abdul Kalam
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| We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. Author: Abdul Kalam
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| We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage. Author: Abdul Kalam
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| There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket. Author: Abe Lemons
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| Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. Author: Abraham Cahan
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| Hope! of all ills that men endure, the only cheap and universal cure. Author: Abraham Cowley
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| This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high. Author: Abraham Cowley
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| A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Author: Abraham Maslow
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| If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Author: Abraham Maslow
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| It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. Author: Abraham Maslow
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| One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. Author: Abraham Maslow
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| To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail. Author: Abraham Maslow
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| Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America? Author: Abraham Polonsky
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| As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable. Author: Abraham Robinson
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| Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit. Author: Abu Bakar Bashir
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| As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets. Author: Abu Bakar Bashir
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| The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower. Author: Abu Bakar Bashir
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| The only model to follow is pure Islam. Author: Abu Bakar Bashir
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| The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number. Author: Abu Bakar Bashir
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| I believe that the only way that the human race is gonna survive is to start colonizing space and setting up colonies on the moon, and then space stations. Author: Ace Frehley
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| I had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it. Author: Ace Frehley
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| Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are. That's an interesting fact when you take the idea of making money, making a living selling paintings. Only a dozen or two painters do that. Author: Ad Reinhardt
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| Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything. Author: Ad Reinhardt
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| The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it. Author: Adam Baldwin
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| Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows. Author: Adam Brody
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| Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect. Author: Adam Clarke
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| Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not. Author: Adam Clymer
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| Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election. Author: Adam Michnik
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| I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow. Author: Adam Osborne
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| Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon! Author: Adam Pascal
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| I have patterned myself after my father and God. Author: Adam Petty
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| I realised that the only time I really enjoyed music was when I was in the studio writing. So even though it was a six album deal, they saw quite early on that I wasn't enjoying it as I should be. I didn't feel there was anything behind it. Author: Adam Rickitt
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| Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle. Author: Adam Sandler
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| I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect. Author: Adam Sandler
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| The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass! Author: Adam Savage
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| Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. Author: Adam Smith
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| Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence. Author: Adam Smith
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| A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan. Author: Adelbert von Chamisso
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| We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present. Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
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| We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft. Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
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| There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls. Author: Adlai Stevenson
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| I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production. Author: Adolf Galland
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| The throttles could only move very, very slowly, always watching the temperature, always watching. And even in throttling back, you could bust it, even being very careful. Author: Adolf Galland
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| This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about. Author: Adolf Galland
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| We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few. Author: Adolf Galland
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| Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace. Author: Adolf Hitler
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| Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle. Author: Adolf Hitler
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| The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others. Author: Adolf Hitler
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| Be truthful, nature only sides with truth. Author: Adolf Loos
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| Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side. Author: Adolf Loos
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| Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art. Author: Adolf Loos
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| The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other. Author: Adrian Belew
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| It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment. Author: Adrian Cronauer
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| The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum. Author: Adrian Cronauer
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| It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again. Author: Adrian Edmondson
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| We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny. Author: Adrian Edmondson
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| We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look. Author: Adrian Edmondson
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| If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families. Author: Adriana Lima
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