#rio

But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect. ↗

— James Payn

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Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure. ↗

— Petrarch

#curiosity #departure #follow #i #into

Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale. ↗

— Earl Browder

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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

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These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea. ↗

— Schuyler Colfax

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Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously. ↗

— Mo Rocca

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A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true. ↗

— Catherine Crowe

#afterwards #age #authorities #been #both

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious. ↗

— Will Rogers

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I think most people played both variants and regular games. It was a period when variants were very popular and there were a lot more variants being played at that time. Every week practically, it seemed someone would publish a new variant in a zine. ↗

— Fred Davis

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