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• Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.

  Umberto Eco

  Responsibility, Artist, Political

  "Don't smile when you say that" by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2002.

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• No fairer destiny could be allotted to any physical theory than that it should of itself point out the way to the introduction of a more comprehensive theory, in which it lives on as a limiting case.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

  "Relativity: The Special and the General Theory".

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• It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

  George Eliot

  Women, Memorable, Opposites

  George Eliot (2016). “Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Top Novelist Focus”, p.54, 谷月社

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• I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression.

  Albert Ellis

  Sex, People, Anxiety

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• Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Thinking, Political, Example

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• Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street’s excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Wall, Feet, President

  Rahm Emanuel's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

  Brian Eno

  Song, Thinking, People

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• I'm a hopeless mother; a hopeless wife; I have to try harder. I'm just a pathetic case history, really.

  Siobhan Fahey

  Mother, Wife, Trying

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• One can make a case that says that since 85% of children being brought up in single family homes are being brought up by women that about 85% of elementary school teachers should be males to balance out the feminization that the boys and girls receive.

  Warren Farrell

  Girl, Teacher, Children

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• In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case.

  Brett Favre

  Team, Player, Thinking

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• In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

  James Fenton

  Rap, Lows, Standards

  "It ain't necessarily so" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2002.

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• I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.

  Tim Ferriss

  Wine, White, Firsts

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• To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution.

  Tim Ferriss

  Support, Marketing, Retail

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• Some stuff I don't even put out. I'll just be home, happy, creating something for myself, and then ball it up and throw it in the trash. It's less about trying to prove something or get on somebody's list or make a fan happy or make a hater mad or convert a non-believer. That's not the case for me anymore.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Home, Creating, Mad

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• Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.

  W. C. Fields

  Scotch, Nerves, Bartending

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• I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

  W. C. Fields

  Inspirational, Funny, Book

  In Corey Ford Time of Laughter (1970) p. 182

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• I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.

  Nathan Fillion

  Gun, Serenity, Trophies

  "Sunday with...Nathan Fillion". parade.com. March 13, 2011.

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• In America right now, we use words like 'smart' to talk about bombs. American rhetoric is grounded in ideas of capital-G Good, capital-E Evil, and it's very clear who is on which side. But in a book you can do just the opposite. You can use all lower-case words.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Smart, Book, Opposites

  "Something happened" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2005.

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• That's the way I look at things - if you focus on the worst case scenario and it happens, you've lived it twice. It sounds like Pollyanna-ish tripe but I'm telling you - it works for me.

  Michael J. Fox

  Worst Case Scenario, Focus, Sound

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• During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.

  Al Franken

  Military, College, Careers

  Al Franken (2005). “The Truth (with jokes)”, p.60, Penguin

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• What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.

  John Frusciante

  Fun, Home, Albums

  "John Frusciante: Dear Guitar Hero". Interview with Joe Bosso, www.guitarworld.com. May 11, 2009.

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• Now, bipolar disorder, it goes on a spectrum. There's very severe conditions of it and there are milder ones. I'm lucky enough that it's reasonably mild in my case.

  Stephen Fry

  Bipolar, Lucky, Goes On

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• In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's a book about being 7 in a world of people who are bigger than you, and more dangerous, and stepping into territory that you don't entirely understand.

  Neil Gaiman

  Ocean, Book, People

  "Gaiman's New 'Ocean' Is No Kiddie Pool". Interview with Scott Simon, www.wwno.org. June 15, 2013.

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• I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us.

  Teri Garr

  Government, People, Giving

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• The Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Work, Poverty, Hard

  "The biggest brother". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2003.

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