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• The so-called Philosophy of India is even more blowsy and senseless than the metaphysics of the West. It is at war with everything we know of the workings of the human mind, and with every sound idea formulated by mankind. If it prevailed in the whole modern world we'd still be in the Thirteenth Century; nay, we'd be back among the Egyptians of the pyramid age. Its only coherent contribution to Western thought has been theosophy-and theosophy is as idiotic as Christian Science. It has absolutely nothing to offer a civilized white man.

  H. L. Mencken

  Christian, Philosophy, War

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• I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that's interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm - come on in. People say Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It's a long time ago, just forget it. I'm like, alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here.

  Bill Hicks

  Jesus, Lying, Sarcasm

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• When I received the invitation to "check out" Fairport I knew absolutely nothing about them, all I knew was that they were beginning to establish themselves as an underground favorite, by playing regularly at the UFO club in Covent Garden. But the crowd I was running with at the time were listening to a completely different genre of music. So I had nothing to go on, there was nothing on vinyl, Fairport's recording days were still ahead of them.

  Iain Matthews

  Running, Garden, Listening

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• Americans would have a right to go to war with the Iraqis if we could name one author from Iraq. It disturbs me that we're going to war with somebody we know absolutely nothing about. Name one Iraqi poet, one Iraqi woman activist, one Iraqi singer. Name one Iraqi novelist. You can't. And how can you go kill someone you don't know anything about?

  Jimmy Santiago Baca

  War, Names, Iraq

  Interview with Barbara Stahura, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 31, 2003.

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• There is absolutely nothing we can ever do that will cause God to forsake us. He will never turn away from us.

  Daya Mata

  Causes, Turns, Forsake

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• I have absolutely nothing consistent in my life. But that's where serendipity comes in and I love that. One day I'm going to have to sacrifice that to bring life into the world. But the more I can hold off on that, the happier I'll be. It's scary for me.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Sacrifice, Scary, Serendipity

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art.

  Joe Bradley

  Art, Issues

  Interview With Laura Hoptman, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 15, 2013.

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• When I have absolutely nothing to do, and I find myself in the middle of all of it going, "Wow!" When nothing's going on, that's when I get to stop and really appreciate the journey.

  Tyler Perry

  Journey, Appreciate, Wow

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Rarely a producer gives me music and I write to it. I think that's too easy. Most of the time for me, it's on an elevator or in my car listening to absolutely nothing. I'll just be driving and then the lyrics birth.

  Brooke Valentine

  Writing, Thinking, Giving

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• There is absolutely nothing in the Mormon's religion inconsistent with the most patriotic devotion to the government of the United States. Revelation and the commandments of the church require that the Constitution and the laws of the land be upheld. It is also part of our belief that the time will come when the country will be distracted and general lawlessness prevail. Then the Mormon people will step forward and take an active part in rescuing the nation from ruin.

  Wilford Woodruff

  Country, Patriotic, Law

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• Painting is the making of an analogy for something non-visual and incomprehensible - giving it form and bringing it within reach. And that is why good paintings are incomprehensible. Creating the incomprehensible has absolutely nothing to do with turning out any old bunkum, because bunkum is always comprehensible.

  Gerhard Richter

  Creating, Giving, Analogies

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• When I became an adult, I had absolutely nothing against drinking alcohol. Many of my friends drank. I would often make wine and offer it, but I never sat down and drank it myself. That affect my religious practice.

  David C. Driskell

  Religious, Drinking, Wine

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• When your account has these massive swings up and down, there's a tendency to feel a rush when the market is going your way and devastation when it's going against you. These emotions do absolutely nothing to make you a good trader. It's far better to keep the equity swings manageable and strive for a sense of balance each day, no matter what happens.

  Tom Basso

  Swings, Balance, Devastation

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• Absolutely nothing was happening in my marriage. I nicknamed my waterbed, Lake Placid!

  Phyllis Diller

  Lakes, Placid, Happenings

  Phyllis Diller (1981). “The joys of aging--and how to avoid them: can sex keep you young? And other silly questions”, Doubleday Books

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• See where Congress passed a two billion dollar bill to relieve bankers' mistakes. You can always count on us helping those who have lost part of their fortune, but our whole history records nary a case where the loan was for the man who had absolutely nothing. Our theory is to help only those who can get along, even if they don't get a loan.

  Will Rogers

  Mistake, Men, Two

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

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• Being on a ship is something like being pregnant. You can sit there and do absolutely nothing but stare at the water and have the nicest sense that you are accomplishing something.

  Jean Kerr

  Water, Ships, Accomplishing Something

  JEAN KERR (1970). “Penny Candy”

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• The whole world is nothing but a noise, as hot as the inside of a tiger's mouth. They call it civilization - that is a lie! But some day you may have to go out, someone will try to take you out, and you will not understand them or what they are saying, unless you understand nothing, absolutely nothing, then you will manage.

  Djuna Barnes

  Lying, Civilization, Trying

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• There is absolutely nothing that you desire that you cannot achieve.

  Esther Hicks

  Desire, Achieve

  Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks (2009). “Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires”, p.41, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the money touch, but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Peace, Powerful, War

  Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914”

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• in the beginning William Shakespeare was a baby, and knew absolutely nothing. He couldn't even speak.

  Mary Ruefle

  Baby, Speak

  Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.249, Wave Books

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• The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it.

  John Cleese

  Stupidity, Can Do, Sad Things

  Twitter post from Apr 4, 2017

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• Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the directors eyes, you get it right does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.

  Mara Wilson

  Fun, Real, Eye

  "Former Child Star Mara Wilson: Why I Quit Acting". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2012.

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• Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.

  Honore de Balzac

  Love, Two, Sorrow

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• I prefer to do absolutely nothing. I love to relax. But, if there's a beach around that's where you'll find me.

  Trina

  Beach, Relax, Find Me

  Source: www.browngirlgumbo.com

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• There's nothing good about getting older-absolutely nothing-because the amount of wisdom and experience you gain is negligible compared to what you lose. You do gain a couple of things-you gain a little bittersweet and sour wisdom from your heartbreaks and failures and things-but what you lose is so catastrophic in every way.

  Woody Allen

  Couple, Getting Older, Littles

  Interview with Douglas McGrath, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 1, 2008.

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