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• Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

  John Coltrane

  Listening, Important, Bigs

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• When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing - a vice little known heretofore in the American army - is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect "that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly."

  George Washington

  Fashion, Sorry, Army

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• I would give anything, anything, to be the man to whom this has not happened. I can not accommodate myself to it. In a lifetime of trying, I can not accommodate myself to it. And now I will have to be that person forever.

  Robert Goolrick

  Men, Giving, Forever

  Robert Goolrick (2008). “The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life”, p.212, Algonquin Books

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• Few countries have produced such arrogance and snobbishness as America. Particularly is this true of the American woman of the middle class. She not only considers herself the equal of man, but his superior, especially in her purity, goodness, and morality. Small wonder that the American suffragist claims for her vote the most miraculous powers. In her exalted conceit she does not see how truly enslaved she is, not so much by man, as by her own silly notions and traditions. Suffrage can not ameliorate that sad fact; it can only accentuate it, as indeed it does.

  Emma Goldman

  Country, Silly, Men

  Emma Goldman (2016). “Anarchy and the Sex Question: Essays on Women and Emancipation, 1896–1926”, p.57, PM Press

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• A conversation in English in Finnish and in French can not be held at the same time nor with indifference ever or after a time.

  Gertrude Stein

  Time, Communication, Indifference

  Gertrude Stein (1952). “The Yale Edition of the Unpublished Writings of Gertrude Stein: Mrs. Reynolds, and five earlier novelettes”

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• The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Misunderstood, Enemy

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.1179, Jazzybee Verlag

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• You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Marriage, Fear, Wife

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.41, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.

  Hermann Weyl

  Reality, Long, Mathematics

  Hermann Weyl (2013). “Levels of Infinity: Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy”, p.70, Courier Corporation

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• A zebra can not change it's spots.

  Al Gore

  Zebras, Stupid, Presidential

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• A reasonable change of the world can not be instrumented by pure reason.

  Friedrich Durrenmatt

  Change, World, Reason

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• Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Decision, Presidential, Mob Rule

  Address to the Nation on Desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas, delivered 24 September 1957, Washington, D.C.

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• We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Presidential, Needs, Want

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• Wherever there is light, there is shadow; wherever there is length, there is shortness; wherever there is white, there is black. Just like these, as the self-nature of things can not exist alone, they are called non-substantial.

  Gautama Buddha

  Light, Self, White

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• O ruthless, perilous, imperious hate,
  you can not thwart
  the promptings of my soul.

  Hilda Doolittle

  Hate, Soul, Ruthless

  Hilda Doolittle, Louis L. Martz (1986). “Collected Poems 1912-1944”, p.172, New Directions Publishing

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• If you can not arrive in daylight, then stand off well clear, and wait until dawn. After all, that's one of the things God made boats for- to wait in.

  Tristan Jones

  Waiting, Sailing, Dawn

  Tristan Jones (2014). “Outward Leg”, p.114, Open Road Media

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• If somebody's getting depressed in life, I would say, 'Look at me'.
  I've got here believing in me. Sometimes, things do not go as you expected and you could feel as if you were ruining everything. But Everything can be only the path to get to the success of your dream.
  You can not fail until you give up. As long as you keep going, you are on the path for your success.

  Hiroko Sakai

  Dream, Giving Up, Believe

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• General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.

  Jim Talent

  Team, Successful, Decision

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• Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.

  Max Lucado

  Storm, Staring

  FaceBook post by Max Lucado from Jul 21, 2011

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• The people of one county can not be indifferent to the welfare of the people in another county.

  Thomas Jordan Jarvis

  People, Welfare, Indifferent

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• Education can not be conferred. Whether in school or out, learning is a do-it-yourself proposition.

  Wheeler McMillen

  Education, Teaching, School

  Wheeler McMillen (1964). “Possums, politicians and people”

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• When we talk about democracy, if the people's stomach is empty, democracy is also empty. Democracy can not be installed by fiat; it must be achieved by the people themselves.

  Y. C. James Yen

  People, Democracy, Kindergarten

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• From my observations, it would seem that the core message of most major religions is right, just and pure. For this reason I can not help but conclude that evil acts committed by religious people are committed not because of their religion, but in spite of it.

  Derek R. Audette

  Life, Religious, People

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• There are almost unlimited possibilities for making discoveries and to uncover the unknown. It is in the nature of the discovery that it can not be planned or programmed. On the contrary it consists of surprises and appears many times in the most unexpected places.

  Bengt I. Samuelsson

  Science, Discovery, Unexpected

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• Men always fool themselves when they give up experience for systems born of the imagination. Man is the work of nature, he exists in nature, he is subject to its laws, he can not break free, he can not leave even in thought; it is in vain that his spirit wants to soar beyond the bounds of the visible world, he is always forced to return.

  Baron d'Holbach

  Nature, Giving Up, Science

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• Ninety percent of our police are fighting terrorists, so we don't have enough oriented towards their key duty, which is enforcement of the law. But these are precisely the inheritance that we want to overcome. Particularly the mark for success for us would be that a woman can not only walk in the streets of every major city, but can go from one province to another without any hindrance.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Fighting, Keys, Law

  "Transcript: NPR's Interview With Afghan President Ashraf Ghani". Interview with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. March 23, 2015.

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