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With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. ↗

— William Lloyd Garrison

#give #humane #i #lost #men

I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#anything #close #doing #i #mountains

But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#been #change #desire #equally #forward

The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour. ↗

— Gabriel Lippmann

#developing #drying #final #hour #operations

You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters. ↗

— Peyton Manning

#comebacks #first #fourth #guy #hear

Young quarterbacks do well because they have a great defense. ↗

— Steve Mariucci

#defense #great #quarterbacks #well #young

It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the rise of Jimmy Carter brought evangelicalism into the political mainstream. That's because faith remains a complicated issue for Obama, who is still wrongly thought to be a Muslim in some quarters. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#before #brought #campaign #carter #complicated

Marc Maron's podcast success has nothing to do with my podcast success. If I do a quarter of a million downloads, I can show that to an advertiser as a fact, and that's that. ↗

— Jay Mohr

#fact #i #i can #i do #marc

The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation. ↗

— James Monroe

#contemplation #effect #felt #great #important

If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself. ↗

— Dan Marino

#any #anybody #ask #best #certain