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		To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Shorten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		There never yet has been a country which became powerful without knowledge. A man by his own strength alone cannot successfully combat a tiger, but by his intelligence, he can devise means to entrap him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zhang Zhidong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. E. Waite 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Envy is an insult to oneself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yevgeny Yevtushenko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. Joseph Cossman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rafael Palmeiro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taiye Selasi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		If the Chinese will not learn the true principles of government, all else will be useless. Knowledge is power, and although a country may be weak, still, if it possess but a modicum of knowledge, the enemy will not be able to completely overthrow it; although that country may be in danger, the race will not be extirpated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zhang Zhidong 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Najib Razak 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult, so let's avoid him.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Asner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		While our amplified knowledge of genetics - and the increasing precision of the field - does make it tempting to take on celebrity cases, retro-genetics can't always provide clear answers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Kean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We know about the socially complex lives of elephants: how they communicate, how they bond, how they even seem to grieve. We have ethologists in the field and activists on the ground to thank for that knowledge. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				K. A. Applegate 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				e. e. cummings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		You think aerobics is not a cool sport? I think you are wrong. It requires amazing discipline - flexibility, fitness, knowledge. And you have to do it with a big smile on your face. Also, I once performed in front of 10,000 screaming women. I tell you something, I'd rather do that than kick a ball around in front of a few men. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Magnus Scheving 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some sciences need mutual support and assistance to develop. The majority of these are physical sciences. Mutual support has almost no use in other disciplines, such as attainment of intuitive knowledge of God or spiritual progress. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Said Nursi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Turkey is a model of economic and social development, especially in terms of human resources and regional cooperation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor Ponta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have no direct knowledge of this, but I suspect that Apple will launch a living room product that redefines people's expectations really strongly, and the notion of a separate console platform will disappear concurrent with Apple's announcement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabe Newell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do feel fortunate to have some knowledge of the great Latin American writers, including some that are probably not that well known in English. I'm thinking of Jose Maria Arguedas, whom I read when I was living in Lima, and who really impacted the way I viewed my country. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Alarcon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Farmer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Henry Ward Beecher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I will be master of what is mine own:
She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,
My household stuff, my field, my barn,
My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William Shakespeare 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. B. Weiss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it is important for readers to know that it is possible to bring intellectualism and idealism to the White House and still be political enough to advance an agenda. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. Scott Berg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Shorten