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"There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the general rule." »Samuel Butler
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"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence." »Matthew Arnold
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"The majority-rule society has produced nothing more than heart-ache and intolerance. Throughout this majority-rule period it has been the members of the minority who have made an impact. It only takes one person to kill a hundred. It only takes one dictator to oppress millions. For better or for worse, it is the daring few who have shaped this so-called majority-rule society." »Jonar Nader
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"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence." »Bertrand Russell
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"There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule." »George Osner
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"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others." »Edward Abbey
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"To keep the fire burning brightly, there's one easy rule keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart -- about a finger's breadth -- for breathing room. Good fire, good marriage, same rule." »Marnie Reed Crowell
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"Actions have consequences...first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions." »Holly Lisle
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"Let the cats rule the world; first thing they will do is to increase the number of mousetraps! Let the rats rule the world; first thing they will do is to increase the number of dogs!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Growth is the only evidence of life." »John Henry Newman
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"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence you ever tried" »Unknown
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"Laughter is the first evidence of freedom." »Rosario Castellanos
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"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." »Ann Landers
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"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way." »Bertrand Russell
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"One golfer a year is hit by lightning. This may be the only evidence we have of God's existence." »Steve Aylett, Atom (a novel, 2000)
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"The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence." »Thomas Huxley
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"Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition." »Alexander Hodge
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"Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed." »Dwight D Eisenhower
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"A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking." »Jerry Seinfeld
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"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious." »Unknown
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"Wars are the strongest evidence for the claim that man is still a wild animal." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact." »George Eliot
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"Human nature constitutes a part of the evidence in every case." »Elisha Potter
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"Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk." »Henry David Thoreau
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment." »Conan Doyle
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"It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." »Bertrand Russell
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"No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence." »Ann Landers
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"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact." »George Eliot
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"All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses." »Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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"Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious." »Brendan Gill
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