"There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them."

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"There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them."

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"Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

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"If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions."

Abba Eban, Israeli Diplomat

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"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

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"Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice."

Black Elk, American Leader

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"I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth."

Neil Armstrong, American Astronaut

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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth."

Stendhal, French Writer

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"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."

Shirley Chisholm, American Politician

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"Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

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"What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians."

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"You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know."

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"You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better."

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"In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere."

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"Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?"

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"Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children."

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"Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far."

"If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions."

"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle."

"Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice."

"I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth."

"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

"The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth."

"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."

"Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves."

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"What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians."

"You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know."

"You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better."

"In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere."

"Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?"

"Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children."

"When one loves somebody everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything."

"When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery."

"The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'."

"In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere."