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Small: Truth, like a torch, the more its shook it shines
"Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines"
William Hamilton, Politician
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Small: To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society
"To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society"
Margaret Oliphant, Novelist
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Small: As for pictures and museums, that dont trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that youve always got to look
"As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke"
Margaret Oliphant, Novelist
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Small: If youre suddenly doing something you dont want to do for four years, just so youve got something to fall back
"If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place"
Ewan McGregor, Actor
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Small: Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought
"Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought"
Margaret Oliphant, Novelist
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Small: Im just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But its very important t
"I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really"
Ewan McGregor, Actor
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Small: I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed
"I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin"
Eddie Campbell, Artist
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Small: That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse
J. M. Barrie
"That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse"
J. M. Barrie, Novelist
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Small: There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends
"There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends"
James Boswell, Lawyer
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Small: Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot
"Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce
"Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: We are all failures at least, all the best of us are
J. M. Barrie
"We are all failures at least, all the best of us are"
J. M. Barrie, Novelist
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Small: He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it
"He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it"
James Boswell, Lawyer
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Small: Im honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted
"I'm honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted"
Mark Millar, Writer
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Small: I spent as much time writing proposals in 98 and 99 as I did writing scripts
"I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts"
Mark Millar, Writer
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Small: When a man is at his wits end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with
"When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality"
Oswald Chambers, Theologian
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Small: Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested
"Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested"
Oswald Chambers, Theologian
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Small: A different world cannot be built by indifferent people
"A different world cannot be built by indifferent people"
Peter Marshall, Clergyman
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Small: The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be e
"The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle"
James Hutton, Scientist
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Small: He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they
"He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they were the best poets those two writing in those days but it wasn't very encouraging because, well, they weren't getting far were they?"
Robert Adamson, Philosopher
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Small: The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are
"The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are"
Alan Hansen, Athlete
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Small: Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic.
James Lind
"Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach"
James Lind, Scientist
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Small: He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or f
James Hogg
"He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast"
James Hogg, Poet
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Small: All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the p
"All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs"
Andrew Fletcher, Writer
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Small: A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped
William Dunbar
"A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped"
William Dunbar, Poet
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Small: In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude
"In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude"
Thomas Erskine, Theologian
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Small: I have got the best of both worlds growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow
"I have got the best of both worlds; growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow"
Magnus Magnusson, Journalist
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Small: The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it
"The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it"
John Gilmour, Politician
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Small: Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac
"Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac"
Ronnie Corbett, Comedian
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Small: If youve got a huge Hollywood star in your film, theyre getting 32 million, and everyone else gets their bus f
"If you've got a huge Hollywood star in your film, they're getting $32 million, and everyone else gets their bus fare"
Robbie Coltraine, Actor
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Small: Bald is the new black!
"Bald is the new black!"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: Half-jokingly, I asked what was wrong with me. So we made a deal: I would run his biological research provided
"Half-jokingly, I asked what was wrong with me. So we made a deal: I would run his biological research provided I had a free hand to run my new project"
James W. Black, Scientist
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Small: Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace it is glory in its infancy
"Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy"
Samuel Rutherford, Theologian
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Small: The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from
"The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same eviden
"And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also"
Thomas Reid, Philosopher
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Small: Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax
"Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax"
Jackie Stewart, Athlete
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Small: Well, he doesnt make me laugh. I think Ive got a fair sense of humour but I cant really see it in him.
Ian St. John
"Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well"
Ian St. John, Athlete
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Small: I say, traitors as some men live upon the reward of treachery, for their quiet and liberty if it may be called
"I say, traitors; as some men live upon the reward of treachery, for their quiet and liberty; if it may be called a liberty, as it is redeemed with the betraying of the interest of Christ, and the blood of His people"
Donald Cargill, Clergyman
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Small: Were I not a king, I would be a university man
King James I
"Were I not a king, I would be a university man"
King James I, Royalty
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Small: Ampere was the Newton of Electricity
"Ampere was the Newton of Electricity"
James C. Maxwell, Mathematician
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