"A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people."

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"A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people."

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"I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair."

"Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed."

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."

"In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing."

"People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid."

"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people."

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"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck."

"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground."

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them."

"Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done."

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