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Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow. Mary Wollstonecraft
I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not. Paul Wolfowitz
And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something new. I appreciate that in other writers. Tobias Wolff
Tom Wolfe quote: "If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is..."
If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested. Tom Wolfe
I stand before you as the governor of Texas but also stand before you the son of two tenant farmers. Ray Perry who came home after 35 bombing missions over Europe to work his little corner of land out there and Amelia who made sure that my sister Milla and I had everything that we needed, included hand sewing my clothes until I went off to college. Rick Perry
There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who for, what service they worked for, and for a variety reasons got jailed, were tried and sentenced. Markus Wolf
You have this disturbing reality that there are a lot of people who would rather say, 'I'm on strike' than 'I'm unemployed.' And those are the people who vote for strikes. Dick Wolf
Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well. P. G. Wodehouse
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a..."
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense. Charles Perrault
I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.' Alice Hoffman
Ross Perot quote: "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The..."
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. Ross Perot
All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are. Alice Hoffman
Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold. Alice Hoffman
Imogen Cunningham quote: "Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized...."
Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it. Imogen Cunningham

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