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fat cat

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.— Ronald Reagan

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success

Men Wanted For Hazardous Journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.— Sir Ernest Shackleton

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debate

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.— Socrates

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engineering art

Engineering without art can be ugly, but art without engineering may be impossible.— Steve McConnell

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anger

To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.— Theodore Roosevelt

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mob rule

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.— Thomas Jefferson

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enemies of the people

The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.— Thomas...

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governing

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of...

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explanations

If there are a number of explanations for observed phenomena, the simplest explanation is preferred.— William of Occam

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fortune

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat;...

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Americans

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.— Winston Churchill

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virtues

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.— Winston Churchill

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the future

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.— Yogi Berra

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inference

No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion.— David Hume

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history

History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, the generator of history.— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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change

Change your mind about something significant every day.— Malcolm Gladwell

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Article 14

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.— Yogi Berra

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Article 13

No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion.— David Hume

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Article 12

History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, the generator of history.— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Article 11

Change your mind about something significant every day.— Malcolm Gladwell

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