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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world. ↗

— Omar Bongo

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In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models. ↗

— Omar Bongo

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I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.' ↗

— Elayne Boosler

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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

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In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

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Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. ↗

— Bill Bradley

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