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"This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society."
David Hume
"This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society."
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"Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies."
Leon Uris
"Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies."
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"I think then, when we started receiving the first of the user feedback, feedback from people that I had not specifically told about it, but had spread from friend to friend and then they were giving us feedback."
Shawn Fanning
"I think then, when we started receiving the first of the user feedback, feedback from people that I had not specifically told about it, but had spread from friend to friend and then they were giving us feedback."
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"I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it."
Shel Silverstein
"I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it."
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"Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something."
Anton Chekhov
"Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something."
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"I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones."
Ed O'Neill
"I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones."
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"I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors."
Aristotle Onassis
"I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors."
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"Hillary Clinton bothers me a lot. I realized the other day that her thoughts sound a lot like Karl Marx. She hangs around a lot of Marxists. All her friends are Marxists."
Dick Armey
"Hillary Clinton bothers me a lot. I realized the other day that her thoughts sound a lot like Karl Marx. She hangs around a lot of Marxists. All her friends are Marxists."
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"One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends."
Rachel Field
"One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends."
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"Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises."
Beverly Cleary
"Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises."
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"I live quietly at home among my family and friends."
Antonio Tabucchi
"I live quietly at home among my family and friends."
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"When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door."
Plutarch
"When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door."
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"A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France."
Philip Gibbs
"A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France."
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"The way politics divides the world is into friend and enemy."
Francis Parker Yockey
"The way politics divides the world is into friend and enemy."
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"I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more."
Cathy Freeman
"I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more."
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"It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it."
Edgar Watson Howe
"It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it."
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"In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil and gas company that invested through limited partnerships in oil and gas exploration."
Mercer Reynolds
"In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil and gas company that invested through limited partnerships in oil and gas exploration."
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"There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you."
Paramahansa Yogananda
"There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you."
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"Your wealth is where your friends are."
Titus Maccius Plautus
"Your wealth is where your friends are."
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"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
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"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."
Edward W. Howe
"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."
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"In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer."
Mary Wesley
"In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer."
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"The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll."
Chuck Klosterman
"The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll."
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"I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways."
Martin Scorsese
"I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways."
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"Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong."
Alva Myrdal
"Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong."
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"One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend."
James Payn
"One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend."
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"A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend."
Billy Strayhorn
"A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend."
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"We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road."
Johnny Mercer
"We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road."
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"Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations."
Ernie Banks
"Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations."
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"I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it."
Todd Barry
"I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it."
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"Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything."
Willa Cather
"Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything."
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"Inspiring passion in family and friends has more enduring value than just staying alive for them."
Alex Lowe
"Inspiring passion in family and friends has more enduring value than just staying alive for them."
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"Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events."
Henry Knox
"Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events."
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"In preseason camp, there are no friends. when newcomers arrive trying to take not only your job, but maybe your best friend's job, you work together to try to help each other. Everyone is an outsider until you're given a uniform."
Sue Wicks
"In preseason camp, there are no friends. when newcomers arrive trying to take not only your job, but maybe your best friend's job, you work together to try to help each other. Everyone is an outsider until you're given a uniform."
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"When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his."
Ella Maillart
"When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his."
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"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."
Tacitus
"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."
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"John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort."
Terry Gilliam
"John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort."
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"Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult."
Natalie Wood
"Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult."
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"You never know who's going to become your friend. Friends are always chance meetings."
Steve Guttenberg
"You never know who's going to become your friend. Friends are always chance meetings."
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"One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend."
Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend."
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"Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company."
Elizabeth I
"Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company."
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"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
J. K. Rowling
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
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"Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most haunting of her life, though it is one-sided and ends in tragedy."
Joyce Carol Oates
"Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most haunting of her life, though it is one-sided and ends in tragedy."
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"Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise."
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"I've definitely grown apart from a lot of my friends. Some of them don't understand the schedule, and it's not that I don't want to talk to them, it's that sometimes I am really busy and can't get back to them."
Mila Kunis
"I've definitely grown apart from a lot of my friends. Some of them don't understand the schedule, and it's not that I don't want to talk to them, it's that sometimes I am really busy and can't get back to them."
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"Paul and I don't see that much of each other these days, but I certainly still regard him as a friend."
Peter Asher
"Paul and I don't see that much of each other these days, but I certainly still regard him as a friend."
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"Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn."
Tim Cahill
"Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn."
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"We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault."
Thomas Fuller
"We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault."
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"Then a friend of Jim's suggested we make a theme song to explain the story, and this is where the Mads came from. Josh and I wrote it into the theme song."
Joel Hodgson
"Then a friend of Jim's suggested we make a theme song to explain the story, and this is where the Mads came from. Josh and I wrote it into the theme song."
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"To cement a new friendship especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person and cut across the accidents of place and time."
George Santayana
"To cement a new friendship especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person and cut across the accidents of place and time."
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