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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. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer; and it seems to consider production, and not consumption, as the ultimate end and object of all industry and commerce.

  Adam Smith

  Self, Purpose, May

  Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.274

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• I hear you reproach, "But delay was best, For their end was a crime." Oh, a crime will do As well, I reply, to serve for a test As a virtue golden through and through, Sufficient to vindicate itself And prove its worth at a moment's view! . . . . . . Let a man contend to the uttermost For his life's set prize, be it what it will! The counter our lovers staked was lost As surely as if it were lawful coin; And the sin I impute to each frustrate ghost Is-the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin, Though the end in sight was a vice, I say.

  Robert Browning

  Life, Frustration, Men

  'The Statue and the Bust' (1863 revision) l. 246

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• I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure that people gain a selective advantage from believing in things they can't prove.

  Randolph M. Nesse

  Believe, Science, People

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• The reason why many clients don't value design is because haven't had a designer prove to them the value of it. You need to prove it to clients who've hired a bunch of shitty designers and their business has not been that successful. When they hire a good designer, they see the difference.

  Jessica Hische

  Successful, Differences, Design

  Source: www.digitalartsonline.co.uk

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• Religion and race belong together. German man can only assimilate religious faith and religious thought with a German mind and in a German way. We must not think we can come to God except through our Volk....Wherever our blood rises in protest we act immorally, even though others may try to prove it to be moral.

  Hans Schemm

  Religious, Men, Thinking

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• When in fact we live in a society that makes life hell for gays and lesbians, this community has got to stand up and say, ‘We’re on your side as you struggle for dignity,’ and, ‘Yes, we will defy anybody who says otherwise, even if we have to go to Disneyland to prove it.’

  Tony Campolo

  Struggle, Gay, Your Side

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• Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Love, Flower, Sacrifice

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• I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.

  Raul Labrador

  Citizens, Birth, Enough

  "CPAC: Raul Labrador Birther Joke Draws Laughs" by Nick Wing, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 10, 2011.

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• Listen to everyone, read everything; believe absolutely nothing unless you can prove it in your own right!

  Milton William Cooper

  Believe, Prove, Absolutely Nothing

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• But knowledge does not protect one. Life is contemptuous of knowledge; it forces it to sit in the anterooms, to wait outside. Passion, energy, lies: these are what life admires. Still, anything can be endured if all humanity is watching. The martyrs prove it. We live in the attention of others. We turn to it as flowers to the sun.

  James Salter

  Lying, Flower, Passion

  James Salter (2011). “Light Years”, p.35, Vintage

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• If you can give it, I can take it
  'Cause if this heart is gonna break it's gonna take a lot to break it
  I know tonight, somebody's gonna win the fight
  So if you're so tough, come on and prove it
  Your heart is down for the count and you know you're gonna lose it
  Tonight you're gonna go down in flames
  Just like Jesse James

  Cher

  Song, Heart, Fighting

  Song: Just Like Jesse James, Album: Heart of Stone

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• We have never understood why men mount the heads of animals and hang them up to look down on their conquerers. Possibly it feels good to these men to feel superior to animals, but does it not seem that if they were sure of it they would not have to prove it? Often a man who is afraid must constantly demonstrate his courage and, in the case of the hunter, must keep a tangible record of his courage.

  John Steinbeck

  Courage, Hunting, Animal

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• Humor, a good sense of it, is to Americans what manhood is to Spaniards, and we will go to great lengths to prove it. Experiments with laboratory rats have shown that, if one psychologist in the room laughs at something a rat does, all of the other psychologists will laugh equally. Nobody wants to be left holding the joke.

  Garrison Keillor

  Humor, Laughing, Doe

  Garrison Keillor (1990). “We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters”, p.14, Penguin

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• It is true that the American colonials have "free elections," in which they have the absolute right to vote for one of two opposing candidates, both of whom have been handpicked and financed by the Rockefeller syndicate. This touching evidence of "democracy" serves to convince most Americana that we are indeed a free people. We even have a cracked Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to prove it.

  Eustace Mullins

  Two, Philadelphia, People

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• While no one wishes to incur losses, you couldn't prove it from an examination of the behavior of most investors and speculators. The speculative urge that lies within most of us is strong; the prospect of a free lunch can be compelling, especially when others have already seemingly partaken. It can be hard to concentrate on potential losses while others are greedily reaching for gains and your broker is on the phone offering shares in the latest "hot" initial public offering. Yet the avoidance of loss is the surest way to ensure a profitable outcome.

  Seth Klarman

  Strong, Lying, Loss

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• I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

  Douglas Adams

  Believe, Belief, Argument

  Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.65, Pan Macmillan

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• The white man is a devil. If he is not a devil, let him prove it!

  Malcolm X

  Men, White Man, Devil

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

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• I feel like everyone's starting to isolate, and that proves itself in a big context like Brexit, and Donald Trump potentially, and putting walls up and stopping people coming in.

  Ruth Wilson

  Wall, People, Stopping

  Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 31, 2016.

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• Donald Trump is the first candidate ever to run for president in the last 40-plus years who has not released his tax returns, so everything he says about charity or anything else, we can't prove it.

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, Years, President

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• Pop music, across its countless iterations, is a vast, amazing, thrilling art form. All life is in it. It stands for itself. The same is true of literature, but nobody feels compelled to toss Philip Roth a grammy just to prove it.

  David Bennun

  Art, Literature, Toss

  Source: thequietus.com

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• If we're going to be considered horror filmmakers, we have to prove it not only to ourselves, but to the audience that we can actually make something scary.

  Adam Wingard

  Scary, Horror, Filmmaker

  "Blair Witch director Adam Wingard on his most straightforward movie yet". Interview with Katie Rife, film.avclub.com. September 22, 2016.

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• One would normally define a "religion" as a system of ideas that contain statements that cannot be logically or observationally demonstrated... Gödels theorem not only demonstrates that meathematics is a religion, but shows that mathematics is the only religion that proves itself to be one!

  John D. Barrow

  Ideas, Mathematics, Shows

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• People lose their lives in the drug wars and you don't have to prove it to yourself because others have proved it for you.

  Lemmy Kilmister

  War, People, Drug

  Source: www.goldminemag.com

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• I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov do Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite on PBS. I have no numbers to prove it, but I bet that kids who saw that loved it. I think you will see younger dancers, who certainly have the artistic sense and capabilities, start going back to romantic numbers.

  Gene Kelly

  Kids, Thinking, Numbers

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Dreams are self-created, but dreamers often do not understand the images that their own minds produce. Therein lays the essential paradox of dreams; dreams reveal that we all possess subconscious ability. Furthermore, our subconscious mind, as it is revealed through dreams, proves itself to be talented, artistic, insightful, perceptive and intelligent.

  Charles McPhee

  Dream, Intelligent, Self

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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