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Quote by Robert Frost
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. – Robert Frost

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Its a funny thing that when a man hasnt anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married. – Robert Frost

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Education doesnt change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard. – Robert Frost

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Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism. – Benito Mussolini

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Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction. – W.H. Auden, A Certain World

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Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides. – Harry S. Truman

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When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands. – Ivan Pavlov

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My grandfather on my mothers side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. – Kenneth G. Wilson

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Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world. – Arthur Smith

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The people on my mums side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dads side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life. – Evangeline Lilly

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