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When a man stands on the verge of seventy-two you know perfectly well that he never reached that place without knowing what this life is - heartbreaking bereavement.

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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

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Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Artist Quotes , Two Quotes

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

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The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.

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I feel a special kinship with our military personnel, veterans, and their families. After all, two of my decisions sent them into harm's way.

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The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation are, — 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and 3. Hope to all.

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Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Government Quotes , Two Quotes

PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Science Quotes , Two Quotes

In a century or two, or in a millennium, people will live in a new way, a happier way. We won"t be there to see it - but it"s why we live, why we work. It"s why we suffer. We"re creating it. That"s the purpose of our existence. The only happiness we can know is to work toward that goal.

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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

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Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere.

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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

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Tags : Alan Dean Foster Quotes , Years Quotes , Two Quotes

If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Two Quotes , Giving Quotes

There is an old poor man,. . . . Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Men Quotes , Two Quotes

No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Two Quotes , Doubt Quotes

There are two specific objections to use of psychedelic drugs.First,use of these drugs may be dangerous.Howev er,every worth-while exploration is dangerous-climb ing mountains,testi ng aircraft,rocket ing into outer space,or collecting botanical specimens in jungles.But if you value knowledge & the actual delight of exploration more than mere duration of uneventful life,you are willing to take the risks.

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Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Two Quotes , Space Quotes

He who has annexed them, if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the one, that the family of their former lord is extinguished; the other, that neither their laws nor their taxes are altered, so that in a very short time they will become entirely one body with the old principality.

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Two things strike me dumb: the infinite starry heavens, and the sense of right and wrong in man.

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This comes from a group of people who`ve been wrong about every foreign policy issue over the last two decades. They supported Hillary Clinton`s war in Libya. They supported President [Barack] Obama`s bombing of Assad.

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It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it."

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Struggle Quotes , Two Quotes

So now I'm going to forget the 400 years of lynching and killing raping and depriving my people feeding of justice and equality and the lowest of low last respect and I'm going to look at two or three white people who are trying to do right and don't see the other million who are trying to kill me? I'm not that big of a fool.

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