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When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling. ↗

— Thomas Clarkson

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I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind. ↗

— Johannes P. Muller

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I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

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