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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principl

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. – Thomas Jefferson

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So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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Thomas Jefferson
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If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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Seven days of no swimming makes one weak. – Author Unknown

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Swimming

Sometimes God calms the storm. At other times, he calms the sailor. And sometimes he makes us swim. – Author Unknown

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Swimming

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. – Edsger Dijkstra

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Swimming

Many politicians lay it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. – Thomas Macaulay

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Swimming

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Truth will sooner come out of error than from confusion. – Francis Bacon

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Mistakes

You can be the best actor in the world, but if you dont have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesnt matter. There are a lot of amazing actors who will never get the chance to prove themselves because they wont have that one lucky moment. – Jeremy Irvine

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Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the book-worm. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Libraries

Im not a real movie star. Ive still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago. – Will Rogers

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funny