Quote by T.S. Eliot
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. – T.S. Eliot

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot

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Liberalism… is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet. – José Ortega y Gasset

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There are times when forgetting can be just as important as remembering — and even more difficult. – Harry and Joan Mier, Happiness Begins Before Breakfast

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An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were. – Henry S. Haskins

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The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars. – André Gide, Journals, 4 August 1930

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Thats history. I say history because it happened in the past. – Murray Walker

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The best things and best people rise out of their separateness Im against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. – Robert Frost

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I have not the smarts or patience for political office. – Henry Rollins

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