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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. – Thomas Jefferson

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Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? – Thomas Jefferson

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. – Vaclav Havel

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Next year, I hope there will be even more parties, lots of holidays and just having a good time, really. Plus wing-walking, air shows and learning to fly, as they are all things I want to do. I wont be restricted by age. – Carol Vorderman

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Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average readers daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage. – John le Carre

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I hope that it can relate to and be a blessing to anybody, with the hope that someday they will find Jesus Christ to be the same God that Ive found Him to be. – Jonny Lang

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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter. – Isadora Duncan

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What lingers from the parents individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting. – Virginia Satir

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Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time. – Anthony Holden

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