#general

The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

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Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood. ↗

— Herb Ritts

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I generally don't think most situations can be labeled as black or white. ↗

— Heath Ledger

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Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

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A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since. ↗

— Charles de Lint

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Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals. ↗

— Michael Rostovtzeff

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