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To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian. ↗

— David Hume

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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family. ↗

— J.S. Bryan

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There are two essential epochs in any enterprise - to begin, and to get done. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

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Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. ↗

— Bo Bennett

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A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

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Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part. ↗

— John Breaux

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The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad. ↗

— Stephen Cohen

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I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one. ↗

— Stephen Collins

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