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• Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.

  Michael Bolton

  Song, Bombarded By, Information

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• There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Friends, Sight, Sky

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1139, Delphi Classics

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• I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

  Peter Ustinov

  Children, Catholic, Four

  "Ustinov's comic touch". BBC obituary, news.bbc.co.uk. March 29, 2004.

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• I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along when independent movies were starting to boom.

  Christopher Walken

  Movie, Independent, Starting Over

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• Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  People, Would Be, World

  W. Somerset Maugham (2011). “A Writer's Notebook”, p.15, Random House

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• I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Writing, Humor

  FaceBook post by Steve Martin from Feb 29, 2012

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• Considering what Americans have been confronted with in the last ten years, domestically and internationally, it's clear that we need emotional outlets; we have to have some peace from our problems

  Pete Rozelle

  Emotional, Years, Needs

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• As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Funny, Fathers Day

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.239, Oxford University Press

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  You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

  Harper Lee

  Powerful, Positivity, Sunshine

  Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.81, Infobase Publishing

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• The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have lost much by subjecting themselves to what they call the laws and regulations of civilized socieities.

  Tomochichi

  Native American, Men, White

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• Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Responsibility, Church, Generations

  Francis A. Schaeffer (2014). “Escape from Reason”, p.120, InterVarsity Press

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• Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug.

  Tim Robbins

  Past, Marijuana, Views

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• I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns. I attempt to use sculptural form to make space distinct.

  Richard Serra

  Space, Sculpture, Use

  Kynaston McShine, Richard Serra, Lynne Cooke, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (2007). “Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years”, p.77, The Museum of Modern Art

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• Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.

  Earl Warren

  Eugenics, Government, People

  Address to National Press Club in Washington DC. Freedom and Union magazine, April 1952.

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• Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem to want.

  Eliot Ness

  Race, Law, Doubt

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• Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us.

  George Eliot

  Integrity, Mind, Elements

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.126, Wordsworth Editions

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• We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil and gas from other sources as raw materials.

  Hassanal Bolkiah

  Oil, Raw Materials, Use

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• I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

  Daniel Defoe

  Christian, Country, Ethos

  Daniel Defoe (1843). “The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt”

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• It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

  Arthur Balfour

  Truth, Moving, World

  Letter to Mrs Drew, 19 May 1891, in Some Hawarden Letters (1917) ch. 7

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• Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.

  Erich Fromm

  Love, Life, Two

  Erich Fromm (2013). “The Sane Society”, p.166, Open Road Media

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• It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.

  Alan Hansen

  Ambition, Hands, Perception

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• Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Giving Up, Integrity, Mean

  "The interview: Malcolm Gladwell" by Rob Neyer, www.espn.com. Jun 4, 2002.

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• I was considering running for political office.

  Michael Newdow

  Running, Office, Political

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• It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.

  Frank Auerbach

  Morning, Artist, Wake Up

  Frank Auerbach, Hayward Gallery, Fruit Market Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain (1978). “Frank Auerbach: catalogue of an exhibtion held at the Hayward Gallery, London, 4 May - 2 July 1978, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, 15 July 12 August, 1978”

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• May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?

  W. H. Auden

  Race, May, Have Faith

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