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There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth.
Truth
Margaret Lee Runbeck

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Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker.
Judgment and Judges
Dagobert D. Runes

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I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.
Gambling
Damon Runyon

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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet.
Gambling
Damon Runyon

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You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.
Winners and Winning
Damon Runyon

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Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
Writers and Writing
Salman Rushdie

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Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
Freedom of Speech
Salman Rushdie

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One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
Events
Salman Rushdie

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Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.
Myth
Salman Rushdie

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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
Thoughts and Thinking
Salman Rushdie

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Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy.
Blasphemy
Salman Rushdie

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Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.
Writers and Writing
Salman Rushdie

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Your blasphemy, Salman, can't be forgiven. To set your words against the Words of God.
Blasphemy
Salman Rushdie

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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them.
Persuasion
Dean Rusk

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We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
Negotiation
Dean Rusk

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A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.
Greatness
John Ruskin

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An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.
Inheritance
John Ruskin

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An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.
Imagination
John Ruskin

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Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
Books - Reading
John Ruskin

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Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.
Books - Reading
John Ruskin

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Civilization is the making of civil persons.
Civilization
John Ruskin

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Fit yourself for the best society, and then, never enter it.
Status
John Ruskin

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Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.
Imagination
John Ruskin

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In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
Pride
John Ruskin

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It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.
Restraint
John Ruskin

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun