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• The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

  Alexander Pope

  Convince Us, Water, Mind

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.378

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• I must for myself insist that when finished, that is when all the parts are in place and are working, that now it has become an object and will therefore have its boundaries as definite as the prow, the stern, the sides, and bottom bound as a boat.

  John Marin

  Sides, Finishing, Boat

  John Marin (1949). “Selected Writings”

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• Whoever knows he is deep tries to be clear, but whoever wants to seem deep to the crowd tries to be obscure. For the crowd supposes that anything it cannot see to the bottom must be deep: it is so timid and goes so unwillingly into the water.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Water, Trying, Crowds

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• With deep men, as with deep wells, it takes a long time for anything that falls into them to hit bottom. Onlookers, who almost never wait long enough, readily suppose that such men are callous and unresponsive--or even boring.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Fall, Men, Long

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• When the bottom falls out and disappointments come, you will learn what you believe, what you love, and what you treasure.

  Ligon Duncan

  Disappointment, Believe, Fall

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• But, if the knowledge of the occult powers of nature opens the spiritual sight of man, enlarges his intellectual faculties, and leads him unerringly to a profounder veneration for the Creator, on the other hand ignorance, dogmatic narrow-mindedness, and a childish fear of looking to the bottom of things, invariably leads to fetish-worship and superstition.

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Spiritual, Ignorance, Men

  H. P. Blavatsky (2012). “Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology”, p.41, Cambridge University Press

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• A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that's the bottom line.

  Quincy Jones

  Song, Three, World

  "Quincy Jones Recalls 'Freaking Out' at Michael Jackson's Death and His Private Nickname for the Star (Q&A)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2015.

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• Prison is, simply put, the bottom rung of the welfare ladder.

  Stephen Reid

  Ladders, Prison, Welfare

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• Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat in respect to your pursuit of excellence. Everything, regardless of size or intent, has bottom-line consequences; therefore, everything counts - this is the golden rule of excellence.

  Gary Ryan

  Excellence, Lines, Golden

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• Coasting to the bottom is the only disgrace.

  John Popper

  Disgrace

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• On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.

  Harry S. Truman

  Ideas, Tree, Theory

  Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins

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• Bottom is bottom, even if it is turned upside down.

  Bill Vaughan

  Upside Down, Ifs

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• I also am not particularly risk-averse - I don't mind jumping off a cliff if I trust the people who've told me they'll catch me at the bottom.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Jumping, People, Risk

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• Let's call cheating what it is: a complete betrayal of trust. Cheaters are people who have a lot of stuff to work out and they're working it out on your time and with your heart. Some cheaters might give you an excuse, some might not have one at all, some might even blame you. No one can tell you exactly what to do when faced with this very complicated and painful situation. But the bottom line is, is this what you had hoped for in a relationship?

  Greg Behrendt

  Cheating, Betrayal, Heart

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• The origins and travels of our purchases remain matters of indifference, although to the more imaginative at least a slight dampness at the bottom of a carton, or an obscure code printed along a computer cable, may hint at processes of manufacture and transport nobler and more mysterious, more worthy of wonder and study, than the very goods themselves.

  Alain de Botton

  Hints, May, Matter

  "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work". Book by Alain de Botton, 2008.

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• Surely Scripture is right when it makes the sin of sins that unbelief, which is at bottom nothing else than a refusal to take the cup of salvation. Surely no sharper grief can be inflicted upon the Spirit of God than when we leave His gifts neglected and unappropriated.

  Alexander MacLaren

  Grief, Scripture, Cups

  Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Just from a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? Look, here's the bottom line with respect to gas prices: I want gas prices lower because they hurt families.

  Barack Obama

  Hurt, Thinking, Perspective

  "Obama Mocks Ed Henry: Do You Think I Want Gas Prices Going Up In An Election Year?". www.realclearpolitics.com. March 6, 2012.

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• Let us not play at kittly-benders. There is a solid bottom everywhere.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Truth, Play, Deception

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.333, Penguin

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• The chair as ideas fits only the bottom as idea.

  Mason Cooley

  Ideas, Fit, Chairs

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• The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment.

  Mick Cornett

  Cities, Community, Leader

  "The Wrath Of Grapes: Oklahoma City MAPS Its Future" by Mick Cornett, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2012.

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• I always look forward to going for a walk in Rushcutters Bay Park, right down to the bottom where you can look in the clear water of the harbour. I use that time to clear my head and really focus my thoughts.

  Catherine Martin

  Water, Focus, Looks

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• Educational romanticism asks too much from students at the bottom of the intellectual pile, asks the wrong things from those in the middle, and asks too little from those at the top.

  Charles A. Murray

  Educational, Intellectual, Littles

  "The Age of Educational Romanticism". The New Criterion, May 01, 2008.

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• I suppose that Italy must always lie like some lovely sunken island at the bottom of all passionate dreams, from which at the flood it may arise; the air of it is charged with subtle essences of romance. One supposes Italy must be organized for the need of lovers.

  Mary Hunter Austin

  Dream, Lying, Islands

  Mary Hunter Austin (1985). “A Woman of Genius”, p.239, Feminist Press at CUNY

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• There are two things that seem to be at the bottom of our constitutions; one is a continual tendency towards politics; the other is family pride; and it is strange how these two feelings run through all of us.

  Henry Adams

  Running, Pride, Two

  Henry Adams, Ernest Samuels (1992). “Henry Adams, Selected Letters”, p.8, Harvard University Press

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• It is a common thing to screw up justice to the pitch of an injury. A man may be over-righteous, and why not over-grateful, too? There is a mischievous excess that borders so close upon ingratitude that it is no easy matter to distinguish the one from the other; but, in regard that there is good-will in the bottom of it, however distempered; for it is effectually but kindness out of the wits.

  Seneca the Younger

  Kindness, Grateful, Men

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