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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. ↗

— Mark Twain

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In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

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The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened. ↗

— Stephen M. Walt

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A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample. ↗

— Rebecca West

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The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it. ↗

— Richard Whately

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Some stories are true that never happened. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

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The nations of antiquity rolled away in the current of ages, Israel alone remained one indestructible edifice of gray antiquity... preserved by an internal and marvelous power. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

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I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.' ↗

— Steven Wright

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In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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