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"The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a sin, but it is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss." »Winston Churchill
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"We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be." »William James
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"The primary purpose of the Data statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable Pi can be given that value with a Data statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change." »Fortran manual for Xerox Computers
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"A compliment is a statement of an agreeable truth; flattery is a statement of an agreeable untruth." »Sir John A. MacDonald
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"The loss of a friend is like that of a limb time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired." »Robert Southey
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"Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness." »Shakti Gawain
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"No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us." »Seneca
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"It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who would profit by the old order, only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new." »Machiavelli
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"If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater." »Unknown
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"No one can deny that much of our modern advertising is essentially dishonest; and it can be maintained that to lie freely and all the time for private profit is not to abuse the right of free speech, whether it is a violation of the law or not. But again the practical question is, how much lying for private profit is to be permitted by law?" »Carl L. Becker
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"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." »Norman Cousins
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"The loss which is unknown is no loss at all." »Publilius Syrus
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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." »Niels Bohr
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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." »Niels Henrik David Bohr
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"Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without." »Rue McClanahan
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"Age is state of mind not a statement of wrinkles" »The Omani Shed
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"'I think therefore I am' is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches." »Miles Kindera
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"Science is but the statement of truth found out." »Coley
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"An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that somthing is already so." »Shakti Gawain
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"Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion." »Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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"Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion." »Ambrose Bierce
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"I have no idea what White House statement was was issued, but I stand by it 100 percent." »Richard Darman
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"It is not too strong a statement to declare that this is the way civilizations begin to die ... None of us has the right to suppose it cannot happen here." »Richard Milhous Nixon
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"Existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow. To mention only one minor point every man is a condemned criminal, only he does not know the date of his execution. This is unpleasant for every man. Consequently every man does everything possible to postpone the date, and would sacrifice anything that he has if he could reverse the sentence. Practically all religions and all philosophies have started thus crudely, by promising their adherents some such reward as immortality. No religion has failed hitherto by not promising enough the present breaking up of all religions is due to the fact that people have asked to see the securities. Men have even renounced the important material advantages which a well-organized religion may confer upon a State, rather than acquiesce in fraud or falsehood, or even in any system which, if not proved guilty, is at least unable to demonstrate its innocence. Being more or less bankrupt, the best thing that we can do is to attack the problem afresh without preconceived ideas. Let us begin by doubting every statement. Let us find a way of subjecting every statement to the test of experiment. Is there any truth at all in the claims of various religions Let us examine the question." »Aleister Crowley
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"Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occured to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths." »Bertrand Russell
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"Many receive advice, few profit by it." »Publilius Syrus
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"The best plan is to profit by the folly of others." »Pliny the Elder
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"It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well." »Publilius Syrus
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"If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying. (Handwritten statement found in her residence)" »Indira Nehru Gandhi
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"I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories." »Washington Irving
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