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Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.


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With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience.

With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience.



The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.



I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.

I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.



I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.

I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.



The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility.

The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility.



Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision.

Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision.



God is a gentleman. He prefers blondes

God is a gentleman. He prefers blondes



Policemen, like red squirrels, must be protected.

Policemen, like red squirrels, must be protected.



FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.

FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.



You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.

You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.





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The people in my circle? Those who make me feel blessed



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Though a smile is little work, its effects are long lasting.



The reason that women are so much more sociable than men is because they act more from the heart than the intellect.

The reason that women are so much more sociable than men is because they act more from the heart than the intellect.



Quantum phenomena do not occur in a Hilbert space. They occur in a laboratory.

Quantum phenomena do not occur in a Hilbert space. They occur in a laboratory.



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Ideas and thoughts and creativity is more of who I am than football.



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

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



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I write to be the characters that I am not.



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He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.



Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.

Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.




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