"Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive."

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author

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Ella Baker, American Activist

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Steven Wright, American Comedian

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Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

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Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."

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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

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"We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them."

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"The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government."

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"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence."

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