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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

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• Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

  

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• When I write, I feel that I'm writing with my intellect. When I paint, I think it's some other force making me paint. I - as I wrote in my novel 'My Name is Red' - watch with amazement what my hand is doing on the paper, what kind of line, what kind of strange, beautiful thing it's doing in spite of my will, so to speak.

  

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• There's no snobbery or resentment from serious polo people towards those who just come for the party.

  

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• Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works.

  

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• The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.

  

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• In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

  

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• I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.

  

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• My first concert was 'Nsync.

  

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• I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

  

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• Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate.

  

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• I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

  

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• Where could you find a light to guide the world?

  

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• I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.

  

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• A man is morally free when... he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.

  

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• 'H–hup!' said Roo accidentally. 'Roo, dear!' said Kanga reproachfully. 'Was it me?' asked Roo, a little surprised.

  

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• Our Constitution, by its separation of powers and its system of checks and balances, acts as a restraint upon efficiency by denying exclusive power to any branch of government. The logic of governmental efficiency, unchecked, runs straight on, not only to dictatorship, but also to torture, assassination, and other abominations.

  

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• Light was first Through the Lord's word Named day: Beauteous, bright creation!

  

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• The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.

  

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• New Zealand has better food - sorry, America.

  

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• When you live your life knowing the mission and calling and voice of God in your soul and you know where that compass is driving you forward, you will become a rare commodity in a world searching for direction.

  

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• But maybe prayer is a road to rise, A mountain path leading toward the skies To assist the spirit who truly tries. But it isn't a shibboleth, creed, nor code, It isn't a pack-horse to carry your load, It isn't a wagon, it's only a road. And perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries Is not the goal, but the exercise!

  

  Edmund Vance Cooke
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• When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

  

  Plato