2,367 Quotes About Would-be


  • Author Francis Atterbury
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    Few consider how much we are indebted to government, because few can represent how wretched mankind would be without it.

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  • Author Gemma Arterton
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    I was approached by Avon which took me by surprise, cause I thought "why me?" I thought it would be Olga, but they wanted me to be the face of their fragrance and since filming Bond I have recorded an ad that looks great and obviously the stills. It's brilliant because I never thought I would get to do anything like that and it is a lovely opportunity.

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  • Author Hannah Arendt
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    Expulsion and genocide, though both are international offenses, must remain distinct; the former is an offense against fellow-nations, whereas the latter is an attack upon human diversity as such, that is, upon a characteristic of the "human status" without which the very words "mankind" or "humanity" would be devoid of meaning.

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  • Author Henry Adams
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    If our minds could get hold of one abstract truth, they would be immortal so far as that truth is concerned. My trouble is to find out how we can get hold of the truth at all.

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  • Author J. J. Abrams
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    I've just been lucky to work on things that I felt would be cool to see. It's not that I had a strategy or anything.

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