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• Every person, whether in wartime or not, should keep a pistol and rifle in his house at all times. If a person is not going to protect himself, and wishes the government to do it for him, how can he complain when the government decides to protect itself against him, and executes him?

  William Powell

  Government, House, Wish

  "The Anarchist Cookbook". Book by William Powell, Chapter Three: "Natural, Nonlethal, and Lethal Weapons", p. 93, 1971.

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• As for democracy, the men of sense among us knew what it was, and I perhaps as well as any, as I have more cause to complain of it; but there is nothing new to be said of a patent absurdity-meanwhile we did not think it safe to alter it under the pressure of your hostility.

  Thucydides

  Men, Thinking, Democracy

  Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.413, Simon and Schuster

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• In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain.

  Alexander Pope

  Music, Strain

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1851). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope”, p.145

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• I said to my wife just the other day, I was actually taking some time to consider all the blessings in my life and that things are really good. I said, you would have to be a real churl to complain about the life I'm living right now. Everything's going great. I'm having a good time.

  Tracy Letts

  Real, Blessing, Living Right

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• In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.

  Charles Tomlinson

  Failure, Men, Pursuit

  Charles Tomlinson (1887). “Essays, Old and New”

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• We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.

  Stanley Hauerwas

  Reflection, Economic, Tempo

  "Can Greed Be a Good?". www.abc.net.au. June 09, 2010.

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• The paradox of innovation is this: CEO's often complain about lack of innovation, while workers often say leaders are hostile to new ideas.

  Patrick Dixon

  Ideas, Leader, Innovation

  "Building a Better Business". Book by Patrick Dixon, 2005.

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• When people complain of the decay of manners they have in mind not the impudent abbreviations of the crowd, but the decline in bowing and scraping and in speaking of one's employer as "the master." What the rich mean by the good manners of the poor is usually not civility, but servility.

  Robert Wilson Lynd

  Mean, People, Good Man

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• It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality.

  Jack Vance

  Reality, Useless, Inexorable

  Jack Vance (2000). “Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight: (previously titled Cugel's Saga)”, p.535, Macmillan

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• I think people in England take things for granted, we complain about our NHS system and yes it's not perfect but believe me it's far better than what they've got here.

  Alesha Dixon

  Believe, Thinking, Nhs

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• Tax day was yesterday. And marijuana growers are complaining that they can't write off a single expense thanks to federal laws. Well, apparently someone tried to claim the Phish tour as his home office and that's not going to happen.

  Conan O'Brien

  Home, Writing, Marijuana

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• Whoever desires, for his writings or himself, what none can reasonably contemn, the favour of mankind, must add grace to strength, and make his thoughts agreeable as well as useful. Many complain of neglect who never tried to attract regard.

  Samuel Johnson

  Writing, Grace, Desire

  Samuel Johnson (1784). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes..”, p.49

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• It is customary for columnists to complain about the excesses of Premiership footballers, whenever - as happens regularly - there is an incident involving some combination of sex, drugs, drink, violence and the constabulary. But modern footballers have a lot of both money and disposable time, a combination that has proved a recipe for personal disaster throughout history. And these incidents take place generally round night clubs rather than football clubs. The average Premiership player who turned up for work drunk would have a career-expectancy measurable in minutes.

  Matthew Engel

  Soccer, Football, Sex

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• I don't complain about playing time. My job is to play so well the coach can't sit me.

  Shane Battier

  Basketball, Jobs, Nba

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• No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.

  Frank Robinson

  Sports, Winning, Guy

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• In the same way the eminence attaching to the mere possession of great wealth disappoints us nine times out of ten, especially if the wealth has been accumulated rapidly. For great wealth is accumulated rapidly by cunning or chance, or a mixture of the two. Cunning has nothing to do with high qualities; it is rather a presumption against them; while chance has nothing to do with them either. Therefore it is that men are always complaining after meeting So-and-so, that he seemed to be astonishingly stupid, though he made a million in ten years and started as a pauper.

  Hilaire Belloc

  Stupid, Men, Years

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• That game was dedicated to Rick Adelman. I'm at home, in the bathroom, trying to take a dump, flipping through the channels and he's complaining (on TV) about how I'm stepping over the line. I can't even do a No. 2 in peace. I'm sitting there grunting at 12:30 at night. Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Home, Night

  "Shaq's Top 10 NBA Finals quotes" by Marc Stein, www.espn.com. June 12, 2006.

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• It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may. Personally I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born, yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Mind, Wish, Atheism

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. 1921.

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• The clergy complain of the enormous spread of bold books, from the infidel tract to the latest handling of the miracle question.

  Harriet Martineau

  Book, Miracle, Atheism

  Harriet Martineau (1837). “Society in America”, p.233

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• Some players would complain if they had to play on Dolly Parton's bedspread.

  Jimmy Demaret

  Golf, Player, Ifs

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• I've inherited the worst of each parent. I have my father's hypochondria and lack of concentration. I have his amorality. I have everything bad that he had. Then I have my mother's surly, pill-like, complaining, whining attitude.

  Woody Allen

  Mother, Attitude, Father

  Interview with Douglas McGrath, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 1, 2008.

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• Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.

  Stephen Covey

  Cancer, Emotional, Circles

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• What I do see in New York and I am amazed is how many rich women will complain about the cost of something and get things for free.I would never want to be like them, but I can see why they save money.

  Dana Perino

  New York, Want, Cost

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I'm not going to complain about the fact that people are paying attention to my work. I suppose that wouldn't be fair.

  Frank Miller

  People, Attention, Facts

  "Frank Miller Talks SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, the future of 300, Reincarnating Robocop, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, and More at Comic-Con". Interview with Hunter Daniels, collider.com. July 28, 2014.

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• To me, the producer is there to make sure the album gets done and gets done as good as possible. So if that means that you have to help write a bridge or help write a part, that's what you do. If that means you help tune the guitars, then that's what you do. If that means all you do is tell the band their takes are good and they should stop f——— with things, then that's what you do. If it means you don't do anything except make sure the band doesn't fight, then that's what you do. Sometimes it's a little more stressful than others, but for the most part, you just don't complain about it and you just get it done.

  John Congleton

  Writing, Mean, Guitar

  "John Congleton: Meet Indie Rock's Unsung Hero Of 2011". Interview with Mike Katzif, www.npr.org. December 23, 2011.

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