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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something

to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
Horace

We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing the problem that we set out to do.
Alphonso Jackson

A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so clear that you can explain it to the first man whom you meet on the street.
David Hilbert

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
Ellen DeGeneres

A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, 'Thank you for seeing the film.'
Jim Caviezel

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
Henry David Thoreau

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
Willa Cather

This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money.
Agnetha Faltskog

It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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