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Art and Culture
'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem to be confidences or sides hidden from all else and unmistakably meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profound t
Ralph Waldo Emerson
PoetAmerican1803 · 19th century
5.0 · 57 votes · 121 reads
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Government and Politics
'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.
Hillary Clinton
PoliticianAmerican1947 · 20th century
4.0 · 12 votes · 20 reads
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Society
A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Mark Twain
WriterAmerican1835 · 19th century
3.9 · 62 votes · 136 reads
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Feelings
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
Henry David Thoreau
PoetAmerican1817 · 19th century
3.8 · 30 votes · 75 reads
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Virtues
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
Benjamin Franklin
PoliticianAmerican1706 · 18th century
3.8 · 20 votes · 27 reads
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Time
A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
AuthorAmerican1809 · 19th century
3.1 · 43 votes · 164 reads
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Science and Technology
3D is a way of organizing things, particularly as we're getting much more media information on the computer, a lot more choices, a lot more navigation than we've ever had before.
Bill Gates
BusinessmanAmerican1955 · 20th century
3.2 · 31 votes · 83 reads
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Government and Politics
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
Barack Obama
PoliticianAmerican1961 · 20th century
5.0 · 16 votes · 95 reads
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Feelings
''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroa
Abraham Lincoln
PoliticianAmerican1809 · 19th century
4.6 · 40 votes · 39 reads
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Society
A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.
Steve Jobs
BusinessmanAmerican1955 · 20th century
4.2 · 32 votes · 180 reads
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