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• Ferris: Are you going to be as impractical as that? Rearden: The evaluation of an action as practical, Dr. Ferris, depends on what it is that one wishes to practice. Ferris: Haven't you always placed your self-interest above all else? Rearden: That is what I am doing right now.

  Ayn Rand

  Self, Practice, Wish

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• No one of Lincoln's old acquaintances in this city ever heard of his conversion to Christianity by Dr. Smith or anyone else. It was never suggested nor thought of here until after his death.... I never saw him read a second of time in Dr. Smith's book on Infidelity. He threw at down upon our table - spit upon it as it were - and never opened it to my knowledge.

  William Herndon

  Book, Cities, Infidelity

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• Dr. Calder [a Unitarian minister] said of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson on the publications of Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi, that he was like Actaeon, torn to pieces by his own pack.

  Horace Walpole

  Pieces, Ministers, Said

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• Not the man in the moon, not the groaning-board, not the speaking of friar Bacon's brazen- head, not the inspiration of mother Shipton, or the miracles of Dr. Faustus, things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

  Daniel Defoe

  Mother, Inspiration, Moon

  1726 History of the Devil, bk.2, ch.6. 0 See also Franklin 335:18.

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• If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to reflect dispassionately on world events. And so a film challenging his legacy, a film that assesses charges that are quite grave against him, is something that is touchy for the media to show.

  Eugene Jarecki

  Media, Challenges, Age

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

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• Well I ain't Dr. Phil, but I'm smart," she said. "And your shoes are cuter than his," I said, trying to sound at least semi-normal. "Yeah they remind me of Dorothy's ruby slippers, only mine are wedges 'cause I'm more fashion conscious than she was.

  P. C. Cast

  Fashion, Smart, Shoes

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• What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine – and maybe some other points of view that scare and sicken him. It’s an uncomfortable gift, Jack. Perception’s a tool that’s pointed on both ends.

  Thomas Harris

  Views, Empathy, Perception

  Thomas Harris (2009). “Red Dragon”, p.189, Penguin

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• Nothing activates adrenaline production like pain. - Dr. Sienna Brooks

  Dan Brown

  Pain, Brooks, Adrenaline

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• Dr. Bashiri, if I ever want to put a curse in someone, I say, 'May God give you a restaurant.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Giving, Want, May

  Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.162, A&C Black

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• It occurred to Dr. Lecter in the moment that with all his knowledge and intrusion, he could never entirely predict her, or own her at all. He could feed the caterpillar, he could whisper through the chrysalis; what hatched out followed its own nature and was beyond him. He wondered if she had the .45 on her leg beneath the gown. Clarice Starling smiled at him then, the cabochons caught the firelight and the monster was lost in self-congratulation at his own exquisite taste and cunning.

  Thomas Harris

  Congratulations, Self, Monsters

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• If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Knowledge, May, Facts

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• I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16 years old, we went down to the public library trying to check out some books and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors! It was a public library! I never went back to that public library until July 5th, 1998, by this time I'm in the Congress, for a book signing of my book "Walking with the Wind"

  John Lewis

  Cousin, Brother, Kings

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• Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint."

  Van Jones

  Determination, Kings, Giving

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• And in the racial climate of this country today, it is anybody's guess which of the 'extremes' in approach to the black man's problems might personally meet a fatal catastrophe first - 'non-violent' Dr. King, or so-called 'violent' me.

  Malcolm X

  Country, Kings, Men

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.384, Ballantine Books

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• For decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King’s side, was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. No medal can change that, but today, we honor Bayard Rustin’s memory by taking our place in his march towards true equality, no matter who we are or who we love.

  Barack Obama

  Kings, Memories, Gay

  Barack Obama's speech at Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 20, 2013.

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• [When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?"] That is simple, my friend. It is because politics is more difficult than physics.

  Albert Einstein

  Mean, Science, Men

  "Letters to the Times", New York Times, April 22, 1955.

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• You look at that Democratic debate. I had to laugh at what I saw Barack Obama do. I mean, in one week, he went from saying he is going to sit down for tea with our enemies, but then he's going to bomb our allies. I mean, he's gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove in one week.

  Mitt Romney

  Mean, Laughing, Tea

  "The Tucker Show", www.nbcnews.com. August 7, 2007.

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• Dr. McDreamy, that's what I call Patrick's character. He's gorgeous, he's got a great body and he's got damn fine hair.

  Ellen Pompeo

  Character, Hair, Mcdreamy

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• I wasn't able to make the full commitment until I met 'Celebrity Rehab's' Dr. Drew

  Steven Adler

  Commitment, Able, Rehab

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• What's missing is the testosterone. What's missing is the fury. What's missing is the passionate convicted commitment. And I got a lot of mine from my religious background. So y'all best stop imagining the way Dr. Zorba looked, or some defenseless Hasidic Jew with a little yarmulke on his head, 'cause that ain't here for you.

  David Lee Roth

  Religious, Commitment, Missing

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• Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one of the neighborhoods, it’s as if the audience—dancing, singing to the refrains, laughing—is part of the band.

  Tom Piazza

  Brass Bands, Play, Dancing

  Tom Piazza (2009). “Why New Orleans Matters”, p.25, Harper Collins

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• When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights.

  William Wells Brown

  Change, Mother, Boys

  William Wells Brown (2012). “The Narrative of William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• We forget now, but during his life, Dr. King wasn't always considered a unifying figure. Even after rising to prominence, even after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. King was vilified by many, denounced as a rabble rouser and an agitator, a communist and a radical. He was even attacked by his own people, by those who felt he was going too fast or those who felt he was going too slow; by those who felt he shouldn't meddle in issues like the Vietnam War or the rights of union workers.

  Barack Obama

  Kings, War, Winning

  Barack Obama's remarks at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. October 16, 2011.

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• THERE WAS NEVER A SCHINDLER'S LIST. It was drawn up by a man called Goldman. This man took money to put a name on that list - no money, no place on the list. I was told this by a Dr Schwartz, in Vienna; he had paid in diamonds to save his wife

  Emilie Schindler

  Men, Names, Wife

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• The rites of passage in the academic world are arcane and, in their own way, highly romantic, and the tensions and unplesantries of dissertations and final oral examinations are quickly forgotten in the wonderful moment of the sherry afterward, admission into a very old club, parties of celebration, doctoral gowns, academic rituals, and hearing for the first time "Dr.," rather than "Miss" Jamison.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Party, Missing, Examination

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