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Brian Ferneyhough

"If nothing is at risk, nothing is established."

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"Nothing endures but personal qualities."

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"Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block."

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"There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence."

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"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

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"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."

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"Having nothing, nothing can he lose."

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"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable."

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"No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing."

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Amber Hurdle

"Saying nothing... sometimes says the most."

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"Tony Blair will be remembered for nothing other than that he followed George W. Bush over a cliff; took the rest of us with them, and we haven't yet reached the bottom, I'm afraid."

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