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• Simplicity is always a virtue. One kid on a riverbank working out a Stephen Foster tune on his new harmonica heard from the correct esthetic distance projects more magic and power than the entire Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus laboring (once again) through the Mozart Requiem or Bach's B Minor Mass.

  Edward Abbey

  Distance, Kids, Work Out

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.41, RosettaBooks

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• Of distinction by birth or badge, [Americans] had no more idea than they had of the mode of existence in the moon or planets. They had heard only that there were such, and knew that they must be wrong.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Moon, Ideas, Inalienable Rights

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Miscellaneous: 4. Parliamentary manual; 5. The anas; 6. Miscellaneous papers”, p.270

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• As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you, that I have not as yet composed the latter. But by the All-Powerful Dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!

  George Washington

  Horse, Powerful, Opportunity

  Washington Irving, George Washington (1904). “Life of George Washington”

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• I remember I autographed it to Mutt Lange, and I may only have put one t on Mutt. I mean, I'd never heard of such a name. I'm sure he must've thought that was quite funny. He must've known from that autograph, right off the bat, that I had no idea who he was.

  Shania Twain

  Mean, Names, Ideas

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• As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when they spend your taxes, it always seems to go to some guy in a leather chair downtown you never heard of.

  Glenn Reynolds

  Teacher, Father, Law

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• I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much. We are impossibly conceited animals, and actually dumb as heck. Ask any teacher. You don't even have to ask a teacher. Ask anybody. Dogs and cats are smarter than we are.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Dog, Teacher, Cat

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.104, Penguin

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• I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it.

  Jane Austen

  Mean, Turkeys, Myrtle

  'Mansfield Park' (1814) ch. 22

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• The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion.

  Charles Lamb

  Zion, Voice, Cheerful

  Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1838). “The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb”, p.70

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• We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no one thought the stories were true.

  Chinua Achebe

  Strong, Powerful, Gun

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Nov 10, 2011

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• The law speaks too softly to be heard amidst the din of arms.

  Gaius Marius

  Law, Arms, Speak

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• Now, the language that had grown up and formed itself on those principles is what one is dealing with, and the problem is to bring a work of art in that medium into another medium formed on different principles and heard and understood in a different way.

  Robert Fitzgerald

  Art, Principles, Different

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• What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love of liberty...You're the state where the shot heard round the world in Lexington and Concord.

  Michele Bachmann

  Liberty, World, Common

  "Disaster in the Pacific". Interview with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. March 13, 2011.

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• I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end, But I do not talk of the beginning or the end.

  Walt Whitman

  Talking, Ends, Talkers

  Walt Whitman (2011). “Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition”, p.25, University of Iowa Press

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• Looking out at that crowd, I imagined those who had not yet arrived, minority students who, in years to come, would make this multitude of faces, the view from where I now stood, a little more various. If they could have heard me, I would have confided in them: As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Wall, Views, Years

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.164, Vintage

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• New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional African drumming, and all of the dance styles that went with this music could be heard and seen throughout the city. When all of these kinds of music blended into one, jazz was born.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Military, Echoes, New Orleans

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• When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang umumi, kiduo, or lele mama?

  Julius Nyerere

  Song, School, Rocks

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• So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard.

  Liz Phair

  Artist, Doe, Liz

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• As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater for 45 minutes - how do you recover from that? It's not a miracle. Something allows us to survive.

  David Blaine

  Kids, People, Miracle

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

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• During the primary, I heard the audible voice of God. … He said, 'Credibility.' It wasn't a thought in my head. I thought it meant I was going to win. But after the primary, I got credibility.

  Christine O'Donnell

  Winning, Voice, Said

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• I've heard a few times, in three or four years, this league is going to be yours. I don't like that. Because I think I'm established now.

  Kevin Durant

  Thinking, Years, League

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

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• I had never been to Oklahoma City before. I had no clue. Just heard there were a lot of tornadoes.

  Chris Paul

  Oklahoma City, Cities, Tornadoes

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• You have to have a passionate opinion; otherwise you sound false. You end up telling the audience jokes they've already heard.

  Stephen Colbert

  Passion, Sound, Opinion

  "A Super Straight Guy". Interview with Elana Berkowitz, Amy Schiller, www.alternet.org. July 28, 2005.

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• [Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as a message: Be cautious, be prudent, be bland, never push anybody, never say what you really think, offer yourself as a hostage to the weirdos even before they make the first move. These days, a lot of people are opposed to the newfound popularity of 'trash television,' and no doubt they are right, and the hosts of these shows are shameless controversy-mongers. But at least they are not intimidated. Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?

  Roger Ebert

  Memories, Moving, Thinking

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• I have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced my vote.

  Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet

  Opinion, Vote, Argument

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• I have also heard and read various accounts of why they [Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner] liked me. My favorites? I wasn't too good-looking, I walked a little funny, and I was basically kind of average and ordinary. I guess my lack of perfection turned out to be a winning hand. Let that be a lesson for future generations.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Winning, Average, Hands

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