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Henry Clay quote: "Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none..."

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.

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No born Londoner (it is different with people of Scotch or Irish origin) now says 'bloody,' unless he is a man of some education. The word has, in fact, moved up in the social scale and ceased to be a swear word for the purposes of the working classes. The current London adjective, now tacked on to every noun, is -----. No doubt in time -----, like 'bloody,' will find its way into the drawing room and replaced by some other word. George Orwell
Lorraine Hansberry quote: "I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "Finish your eggs first."
I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "Finish your eggs first. Lorraine Hansberry
William Gaddis quote: "How real is any of the past, being every moment revalued to..."
How real is any of the past, being every moment revalued to make the present possible... William Gaddis
It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it. Francis William Aston
I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it. Christopher Eccleston
She saw the snowy poles of moonless Mars, That marvellous round of milky light Below Orion, and those double stars Whereof the one more bright. Is circled by the other Alfred Lord Tennyson
I am going to sit here in the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you--until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life.. Paulo Coelho
They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing. Paulo Coelho
Clint Eastwood quote: "If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong..."
If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him. Clint Eastwood
I've been a hip hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted rap guys from the get-go. Andy Milonakis
Jackie Robinson quote: "Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second..."
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade. Jackie Robinson
John Rawls quote: "[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive..."
[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others. John Rawls
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Charlotte Bronte quote: "Superstition was with me at that moment, but it was not yet..."
Superstition was with me at that moment, but it was not yet her hour for complete victory. Charlotte Bronte
Sara Coleridge quote: "January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow."
January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow. Sara Coleridge