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This page collects quotes built around superlatives — including a direct critique of George W. Bush's domestic policy priorities, alongside genre-film commentary on luck and poor decision-making. For a look at priority and value elsewhere, see Important quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my movies get about a third raves, a third vicious attacks, and a third in-between.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most scams are absurd - so absurd that one wonders how anyone falls for them at all; yet if no one falls for them, how do the scammers make money?
- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
What affected me most profoundly was the realization that the sciences of cryptography and mathematics are very elegant, pure sciences. I found that the ends for which these pure sciences are used are less elegant.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most corporate name changes are the result of mergers and acquisitions. But these tend to be unimaginative.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to say I'm really streetwise, but I might be more than most people.
- Inspired
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.
- Privilege
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- Nov 07, 2020
What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
The subject for a lot of non-fiction is very emotional, but if you read it, it's the most boring, dry stuff. I wanted 'Torn Apart' to be extremely accessible and readable.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somerset is where I call home, and where I feel most myself.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house.
- General
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- Nov 07, 2020
Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020