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• It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the trifling causes that lead to great events. A chance encounter, a thoughtless remark - and the tortuous chain reaction of coincidence is set in motion, leading with devious inevitability to some resounding climax.

  Patricia Moyes

  Interesting, Retrospect, Causes

  Patricia Moyes (1961). “Down Among the Dead Men”

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• It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live "in a period of transition." Many people have said this at many times. Adam may well have made the remark to Eve on leaving the Garden of Eden.

  Harold MacMillan

  Garden, Eden, People

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• Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Lying, Humorous

  The Autobiography of Mark Twain Chapter 29

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• [Thomas Henry] Huxley is a very genial, comfortable being-yet with none of the noisy and windy geniality of some folks here, whom you find with their backs turned when you are responding to the remarks that they have made you.

  Henry James

  Science, Noise, Biographies

  Henry James, Jack Kerouac (1999). “Henry James: A Life in Letters”, Viking Press

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• The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention. Releasing such stupid remarks gives her the feeling of being fulfilled. This is the only way for her to attract men's attention.

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky

  Stupid, Simple, Men

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• When there is change, it must not alter the content of what propaganda is driving at, but in the end must always say the same thing. For instance, a slogan must be presented from different angles, but the end of all remarks must always and immutably be the slogan itself. Only in this way can the propaganda have a unified and complete effect.

  Adolf Hitler

  Media, Different, Way

  Adolf Hitler (1971). “Mein Kampf”, Mariner Books

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• One of the more fatuous remarks I've heard in recent days is that 'My Life,' Clinton's autobiography, is too long and, at almost 1,000 pages, short it is not. But this man was for eight years the President of the most powerful country on earth.

  Alastair Campbell

  Country, Powerful, Men

  "The Bill Clinton I knew" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2004.

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• I often quote Ronald Reagan, who is pretty close to my favorite President ever, I will have to say that, but one of my favorite remarks he ever made was that when you look at Federal programs, there is nothing so close to eternal life on Earth as a Federal Government program.

  Marsha Blackburn

  Government, President, Looks

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• Someone earlier made a remark about losing 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote of Sen. Lieberman, Sen. Edwards and Sen. Kerry. I think that is a serious matter.

  Howard Dean

  Thinking, Iraq, Soldier

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• Every time you hear someone read your book and liked your book, you're never sure whether that's going to follow with a similar remark from someone else. Perhaps I have low expectations, but whenever I hear someone say, 'I liked your book,' I don't know if it's going to happen again.

  Joshua Ferris

  Book, Expectations, Lows

  "Joshua Ferris Interview: Rock Star in the Book Store". Interview with Jason Pinter, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2010.

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• So perhaps the most worrying single remark made by a responsible banking official during the current crisis came from Jochen Sanio, the head of Germany's banking regulator BaFin. He warned on Aug. 1 that his country could be facing the worst banking crisis since 1931 - a reference to the collapse of Austria's Kredit Anstalt, which provoked a wave of bank failures across Europe.

  Martin Walker

  Country, Banking Crisis, Europe

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• Contrary to what you may think, an immoral act of any kind will only lower your self-esteem. Be true to yourselves, and your respect for yourself will increase. Know that yours is a divine birthright. Cultivate a good opinion of yourselves. Others may make cutting remarks concerning you. This is only a sign of their ignorance and not of your qualities. Walk with that dignity which is becoming a young woman who is a daughter of God.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Daughter, Self Esteem, Ignorance

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• When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on occasion, I would write something for my own pleasure or I would write notes and introductory remarks in the songbooks I put together.

  Tom Glazer

  Giving Up, Writing, Together

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• But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts.

  Richard Owen

  Elude Us, Vagueness, Tests

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• I've been told to keep my remarks relatively brief. I understand Quayle-hunting season begins at noon.

  Dan Quayle

  Hunting, Noon, Politics

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• The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback.

  Edward Burnett Tylor

  Journey, June, Mexico

  Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.11

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• The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

  Tom Lantos

  Iran, Community, Leader

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• Papers should include more side remarks, open questions, and such. Very often, these are more interesting than the theorems actually proved. Alas, most people are afraid to admit that they don't know the answer to some question, and as a consequence they refrain from mentioning the question, even if it is a very natural one. What a pity! As for myself, I enjoy saying 'I do not know'.

  Jean-Pierre Serre

  Interesting, People, Answers

  Jean-Pierre Serre (2000). “Oeuvres, Collected Papers: 1985-1998”, Springer Verlag

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• And as to being in a fright,
  Allow me to remark
  That Ghosts have just as good a right
  In every way, to fear the light,
  As Men to fear the dark.

  Lewis Carroll

  Dark, Men, Light

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.832, Delphi Classics

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• I have never been on the receiving end of a hate crime, or even a disparaging remark to my face.

  Carol Anshaw

  Hate, Receiving, Faces

  "Carol Anshaw And Stephen McCauley Discuss Gay Literature". Interview with Stephen McCauley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 31, 2012.

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• In the first place I remark that no human law is perfect in its construction or execution.

  Thomas Jordan Jarvis

  Law, Perfect, Firsts

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• When people come up and give me a compliment... I take each remark as if it were a flower. At the end of the day I lift up the bouquet of flowers I have gathered throughout the day and say, 'Here you are, Lord, it is all Yours.'

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Flower, People, Giving

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• It is seeing ourselves in others that often prompts the remark, 'There's something about that person I don't trust.

  Robert Breault

  Trust, Persons, Prompts

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• Yet no one hears his own remarks as prose.

  W. H. Auden

  Listening, Prose

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• Every time there's been an out-of-bounds remark made by a Republican, no matter where they are, I have repudiated them.

  John McCain

  Matter, Republican, Made

  "McCain, Obama go head to head in last debate". Last Presidential election debate, www.cnn.com. October 19, 2008.

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