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• It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Wise, Stupid, Fire

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• You hear about things happening to people - they slip in the bathtub, fall down the stairs, step off the curb in London because they think that the cars come the other way - and they die. You feel you want to die making an effort at something; you don't want to die in some unnecessary way.

  Christopher Walken

  Fall, Thinking, People

  "Christopher Walken Offered Natalie Wood Death Theory in Past Interview" by Sophie Schillaci, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 18, 2011.

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• It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

  Anthony Trollope

  Honesty, Men, Political

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• Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.

  David Suzuki

  Hurt, Energy, Packaging

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• To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Waste, Action, Sin

  T. E. Lawrence (2015). “Seven Pillars of Wisdom & The Evolution of a Revolt (Complete Edition with Original Illustrations and Maps): Lawrence of Arabia's Account and Memoirs of the Arab Revolt and Guerrilla Warfare during World War One”, p.124, e-artnow

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• I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Drug, Consciousness, Wanted

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from May 29, 2011

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• The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

  Robert E. Lee

  Peace, War, Two Sides

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• Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

  Samuel Beckett

  Silence, Quiet, Language

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• It is said by Bush men and women that we fought (the Iraq War) to strike against terrorism - except that Iraq had no documented role in the Sept. 11 attacks. It is said that we fought from a moral objection to tyranny - except that we don't seem all that troubled by tyrants in nations that lack huge oil reserves. Everything is said except the truth: that we rushed into an unnecessary war on a half-baked mission. And that the repercussions of our hubris will shadow us for years.

  Leonard Pitts

  War, Men, Years

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• You are human, you will make mistakes, and it's one of the most beautiful things about being human, but you must learn from your mistakes, otherwise your life will have a lot of unnecessary pain.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Beautiful, Pain, Mistake

  Rhonda Byrne (2012). “THE MAGIC”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

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• I bought a pair of Carpe Diem boots, which were completely unnecessary and hideously expensive, but they make me feel quite fine and dandy.

  Sean Pertwee

  Carpe Diem, Boots, Pairs

  "Pertwee reveals sexual panting". Interview with Andrew Williams, metro.co.uk. February 20, 2008.

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• It's unnecessary to make that, you know, strong of a statement. Let the facts, let the case, you know, and the evidence there speak for itself. You want to be careful that you're not poisoning the jury pool.

  Kimberly Guilfoyle

  Strong, Want, Facts

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• On the fourth day of telecommuting, I realized that clothes are totally unnecessary.

  Scott Adams

  Clothes, Nudists, I Realized

  Scott Adams (1996). “The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions”

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• The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.

  Rachel Lambert Mellon

  Sky, Design, Assets

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• Normally as an actress you're constantly worried that people think you don't look good enough. It's just like an unnecessary stress that's just frustrating.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Stress, Thinking, People

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• IN THE BEGINNING I undertook my walking not only to contact people, I undertook it as a prayer discipline to keep me concentrated on my prayer for peace... After the first few years the prayer discipline was completely unnecessary, because I had learned to pray without ceasing. I made the contact so thoroughly that into my prayer consciousness I put any condition or person in the world I am concerned about and the rest takes place automatically.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Prayer, Years, Discipline

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• I considered myself liberated long before it became the fashion. First I liberated myself from debilitating habits, and went on to free myself of combative, aggressive thoughts. I have also cast aside any unnecessary possessions. This, I feel, is true liberation.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Fashion, Long, Firsts

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.19, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary.

  Maimonides

  Desire, Unnecessary Things, Difficulty

  Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.271, Courier Corporation

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• Never allow any unnecessary or vain thought to occupy your mind. This is more easily said than done. You cannot make your mind a blank all at once. So in the beginning try to prevent evil or idle thoughts by occupying your mind with the analysis of your own faults, or the contemplation of the Perfect Ones.

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Evil, Perfect, Mind

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• Baseball has been the greatest things in my life, but the cameras and the media surrounding baseball have not been fun. It's unnecessary. How many times do they see me stretch? How many times do they see me walk? It is a big concern. If it affected the team in a negative way, I don't know what I would do.

  Ichiro Suzuki

  Baseball, Fun, Team

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• Thank God I am not an intellectual! What a garbage of knowledge, what an unnecessary glossary of terms they have, those intellectuals!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Intellectual, Thank God, Garbage

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• He who stands on tiptoe is not steady. He who strides cannot maintain the pace. He who makes a show is not enlightened. He who is self-righteous is not respected. He who boasts achieves nothing. He who brags will not endure. According to followers of the Tao, "These are extra food and unnecessary luggage." They do not bring happiness, therefore followers of the Tao avoid them.

  Laozi

  Self, Pace, Followers

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• In a rising market, everyone makes money and a value philosophy is unnecessary. But because there is no certain way to predict what the market will do, one must follow a value philosophy at all times.

  Seth Klarman

  Philosophy, Rising, Way

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• Scientifically speaking, the existence of God is an untenable hypothesis. It's not well-defined, it's completely unnecessary to fit the data, and it adds unhelpful layers of complexity without any corresponding increase in understanding.

  Sean M. Carroll

  Data, Understanding, Add

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• For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary

  Diana Gabaldon

  Sweet Love, Love Is, Outlander

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 1, 2, 3, and 4: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn”, p.894, Delacorte Press

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