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Ann Landers quote: "There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be..."

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

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But there was also a notable decline in many quarters of the world of jingoist rhetoric and puerile self-congratulatory nationalism. There was a sense of the human species, billions of tiny beings spread over the world, collectively presented with an unprecedented opportunity, or even a grave common danger. To many, it seemed absurd for the contending nation states to continue their deadly quarrels when faced with a nonhuman civilization of vastly greater capabilities. There was a whiff of... Carl Sagan
It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard. Jim Bakker
I have the greatest husband. The baby is my main focus right now. We're both so excited. I mean, this is definitely the happiest moment in my life. Ashlee Simpson
So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had never done anything in the theater before. Trevor Nunn
After I quote unquote came out as a Republican, one of my dearest gay friends said to me, 'You've got to go on a T.V. show and tell everyone you like gay people.' I was like, 'Why?' He was like, 'Because you're a Republican.' I was like, 'I'm sorry who's stereotyping who?' Angie Harmon
Victor Hugo quote: "Press on! A better fate awaits thee."
Press on! A better fate awaits thee. Victor Hugo
Isolate her, and however abundant the food or favourable the temperature, she will expire in a few days not of hunger or cold, but of loneliness. Maurice Maeterlinck
Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And currently I like Big Fish! David Zucker
Ogden Nash quote: "Happiness is having a scratch for every itch."
Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. Ogden Nash
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance."
Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance. Friedrich Nietzsche
Thomas Paine quote: "for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine,..."
...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. Thomas Paine
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is..."
In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them. Napoleon Bonaparte
We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things. David Cronenberg
Such talk makes you think of radiation like water in a pool: if it’s four feet high you’re safe, if it’s eight feet high you drown. But in fact radiation levels are much more like speed limits on the highway – thirty miles per hour is safer than eighty, but not as safe as twenty, and the only way to be completely safe is not to get in the car. Ken Follet
Euripides quote: "'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore. Euripides