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• Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Hilarious, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

  Blaise Pascal

  Faith, Different, Proof

  "Pensées" by Blaise Pascal, 1669.

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• I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction.

  Janice Dickinson

  Addiction, Horrible

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• I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.

  Nancy Reagan

  Inspirational, Giving, Optimism

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• I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Son

  Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

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• A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

  Henri Poincare

  Errors, Produce, Latter

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• The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Inspirational, Majority, Records

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• You have the ability to choose what you want to experience.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Law Of Attraction, Want, Ability

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Secret”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

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• There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

  Hippocrates

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

  Hippocrates, Paul Potter (1984). “Hippocrates”

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  A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Funny, Strength

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• Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

  Karl Kraus

  Country, Moral Corruption, Literature

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• Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

  Nancy Reagan

  Feminism, Want, Ability

  "Nancy Reagan's Inspiring Legacy for Women" by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 11, 2016.

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• As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

  Diogenes

  Friendship, Good Friend, Men

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• Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Life, Humility, History

  "The Future of Architecture".

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• Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

  Democritus

  Trust, Silly, Men

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• My life really began when I married my husband.

  Nancy Reagan

  Husband, Married, Former Life

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• Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Love, Life, Spiritual

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• There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat yourselves out of this promise.

  Nancy Reagan

  Promise, World, Wonderful

  "'Just Say No'". Address to the Nation, edition.cnn.com. September 14, 1986.

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• There is no such thing as a former KGB man.

  Vladimir Putin

  Men, Kgb, Provocative

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• Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

  Horace Mann

  Inspirational, Education, School

  Horace Mann (1867). “Thoughts”, p.112

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• Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• The movies were custard compared to politics.

  Nancy Reagan

  Politics, First Lady, Custard

  "Former first lady Nancy Reagan dead at 94". www.foxnews.com. March 7, 2016.

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• There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.

  Nancy Reagan

  Jobs, Husband, President

  "The 'just say no' first lady". Interview with Katie Couric, www.today.com. February 18, 2004.

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• I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.

  Nancy Reagan

  Believe, Hands, Choices

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• It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.

  Nancy Reagan

  Lonely, White, House

  "Exclusive: Nancy Reagan Misses Husband Now More Than Ever". abcnews.go.com. May 21, 2007.

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