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• Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Learning

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• New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

  Jane Pauley

  Talking, Annoyed, Reputation

  Jane Pauley (2004). “Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue”, p.22, Random House

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• Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

  Tori Amos

  Inspirational, Life, People

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• Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.

  Charles Churchill

  Pain, Farewell, Men

  Charles Churchill, Robert Southey (1854). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Copious Notes and a Life of the Author”, p.106

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• Providing, meaning to a mass of unrelated needs, ideas, words and pictures - it is the designer's job to select and fit this material together and make it interesting.

  Paul Rand

  Jobs, Ideas, Interesting

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• If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

  Johnnie Cochran

  Memorable, Justice, Advice

  Johnnie Cochran, David Fisher (2003). “A Lawyer's Life”, p.108, Macmillan

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• If there was one thing I’d like to teach young women, it would be that you can eat and still be fit and lean.

  Torrie Wilson

  Women, Would Be, Young

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• Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

  Francis Bacon

  Time, Business, People

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• The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

  Russell Baker

  Real, Work, Writing

  Russell Baker (2011). “Growing Up”, p.157, RosettaBooks

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• I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights...

  Ralph Fiennes

  Weight, Heavy, Hairstyles

  "Hopkins And Fiennes Discuss Red Dragon". Interview with Brian Zoromski, www.ign.com. October 4, 2002.

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• To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.

  Thomas Paine

  Motivation, Patriotic, People

  Thomas Paine (1995). “Collected Writings”, p.547, Library of America

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• Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

  Spiro T. Agnew

  Media, Bird, Cages

  "The Amazing Success Story of ‘Spiri Who?’" by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., www.nytimes.com. July 26, 1970.

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• A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

  Mark Twain

  Leadership, Time, Inspiration

  Mark Twain (2014). “Following The Equator”, p.638, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!

  Dirk Benedict

  Costumes, Stills, I Can

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• I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.

  Halle Berry

  Growing Up, Smart, White

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

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• I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform.

  Sting

  Helping, Help Me, Performers

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• The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

  Kamisese Mara

  Fun, Hard Work, Parenting

  Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand, July 26, 1999.

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• A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

  Laozi

  Love, Witty, Humorous

  "Analects of Confucius". 475–221 BC.

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• So Whitehead's metaphysics doesn't fit very well on to physics as we understand the process of the world.

  John Polkinghorne

  World, Physics, Process

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• For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit.

  Peter Munk

  Natural, Resources, Natural Resources

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• I'm not fit company for man or beast.

  Billy Strayhorn

  Men, Beast, Company

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• I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.

  S. J. Perelman

  Food, Cooking, Teeth

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• It's not wrong to be upset. It's not wrong to cry. It's not wrong to want attention. It's not even wrong to scream or throw a fit. What is wrong is to keep it all inside. What is wrong is to blame and punish yourself for simply being human. What is wrong is to never be heard and to be alone in your pain. Share it. Let it out.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Pain, Recovery, Being Alone

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• It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is.

  Deborah Bull

  Fitness, Weight, Body

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• How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!

  Robert Browning

  Life, Heart, Men

  Robert Browning, Robert Morse Lovett (2009). “Selections from Robert Browning”, p.160, Wildside Press LLC

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