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Small: I wouldnt know any newer bands. Were past the pimple stage
"I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage"
Angus Young, Musician
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Small: There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking its prevalence suggests
"There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution"
Arthur Keith, Scientist
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Small: The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war
"The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war"
Arthur Keith, Scientist
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Small: Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever
"Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever"
Arthur Keith, Scientist
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Small: No tribe unites with another of its own free will
"No tribe unites with another of its own free will"
Arthur Keith, Scientist
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Small: Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful
"Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful"
Arthur Keith, Scientist
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Small: Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert
"Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert"
B. C. Forbes, Journalist
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Small: Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you cant hel
"Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you are so tired you can't help going to sleep, and when you wake up you won't want to worry"
B. C. Forbes, Journalist
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Small: Jealousy... is a mental cancer
"Jealousy... is a mental cancer"
B. C. Forbes, Journalist
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Small: Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into accoun
"Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities"
Arthur Keith, Scientist
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Small: Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in a town or a city, for soon
"Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in a town or a city, for sooner or later a tribal organization is found to be incompatible with life in a city"
Arthur Keith, Scientist
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Small: The truth doesnt hurt unless it ought to
"The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to"
B. C. Forbes, Journalist
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Small: The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated
"The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated"
B. C. Forbes, Journalist
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Small: Were a rock group. were noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird
"We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird"
Angus Young, Musician
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Small: The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck
"The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck"
B. C. Forbes, Journalist
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Small: When one door closes, another opens but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we
"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: What this power is I cannot say all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in th
"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world
"The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion
"The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open
"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids
"Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The suns rays do not burn until brought to a focus
"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: Before anything else, preparation is the key to success
"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men
"America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself
"A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself"
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
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Small: These will vary in every human being but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to
Frances Wright
"These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being it is where they touch the rights of another s
Frances Wright
"There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue
Frances Wright
"The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown
Frances Wright
"Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period
Frances Wright
"Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: Let us unite on the safe and sure ground of fact and experiment, and we can never err yet better, we can never
Frances Wright
"Let us unite on the safe and sure ground of fact and experiment, and we can never err; yet better, we can never differ"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most impo
Frances Wright
"It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and
Frances Wright
"If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignoranc
Frances Wright
"If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: I have been swamped with tremendous response. I am expecting a huge crowd
Frances Wright
"I have been swamped with tremendous response. I am expecting a huge crowd"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society whic
Frances Wright
"However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but feebly"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction how to be secured in the equal exercise of those r
Frances Wright
"How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge; not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly do we exert them at the expense
Frances Wright
"Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions,
Frances Wright
"All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you"
Frances Wright, Writer
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Small: Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts
"Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts"
John Stuart Blackie, Writer
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