"I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words."

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"I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words."

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"They never fail who die in a great cause."

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

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"Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators."

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"For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going."

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William James, American Philosopher

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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

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"He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others."

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"Understanding reduces the greatest to simplicity, and lack of its causes the least to take on the magnitude."

Raymond Holliwell, American Author

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"If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game."

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"Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out."

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"Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission."

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"I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder."

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"You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it."

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"I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent."

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"I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone."

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"I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings."

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"We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory."

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"I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation."

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"All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice."

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