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When I was a child of six or seven my father would show me the chapter in the prophet Isaiah where the name Immanuel is found; more than once he spoke to me of the faith he put in me. ↗

— Immanuel Velikovsky

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It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal. ↗

— George Eliot

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Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain. ↗

— Julius Erving

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I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

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Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America. ↗

— Peter Fonda

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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

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And, for instance, Baptists, Adventists, Lutherans, Pentecostals - let them exist on line with others. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

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Being too good is apt to be uninteresting. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader. ↗

— Edward Tufte

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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement. ↗

— Ted Turner

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