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Jean de la Bruyere

"Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author."

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"Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author."

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"Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has."

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"I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail."

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"The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor."

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"We need to stop saying we can't rock this boat when it needs to be rocked."

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"We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid."

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"I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation."

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"Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works."

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"When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman."
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"Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do."
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"All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone."
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"When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman."
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"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking."
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"If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction."
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