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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
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"There never was a law yet made, I conceive, that hit the taste exactly of every man, or every part of the community; of course, if this be a reason for opposition, no law can be executed at all without force, and every man or set of men will in that case cut and carve for themselves; the consequences of which must be deprecated by all classes of men, who are friends to order, and to the peace and happiness of the country."

Men Country Cutting
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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist
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"Modern science is necessarily a double-edged tool, a tool that cuts both ways. ... There is no doubt that a Zeppelin is a wonderful thing; but that did not prevent it from becoming a horrible thing."

Science Cutting Doubt
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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
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"Come to me and show me a small cancer and I'll tell you you've got a small cancer that should be cut out. That's realism but in America it's called cynicism."

America Cutting Cancer
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"There are simple things which would make sense. Take, say, weatherization, which would make a big cut in the unemployment rate. That's the kind of work that plenty of people are quick to do, and it would save individual households money, and it would make a significant reduction in the threats of climate change. But something is holding it back: the sociopathic character of market systems."

Character Simple Cutting
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"Suppose I try to say the US carries out terror, in fact it's one of the leading terrorist states in the world. You can't say that between commercials. People rightly want to know what do you mean. They've never heard that before. Then you have to explain. You have to give background. That's exactly what's cut out."

People Mean Cutting
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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher
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"I once found a kernel of corn in the middle of a deep wood by Walden, tucked in behind a lichen on a pine, about as high as my head, either by a crow or a squirrel. It was a mile at least from any corn-field."

Cutting Crow Squirrels
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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher
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"When the chopper would praise a pine, he will commonly tell you that the one he cut was so big that a yoke of oxen stood on its stump; as if that were what the pine had grown for, to become the footstool of oxen."

Cutting Yoke Oxen
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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher
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"I have heard of many going astray even in the village streets, when the darkness was so thick you could cut it with a knife, as the saying is..."

Cutting Crazy Knives
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Fred Upton Politician
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"Cuts in carbon emissions would mean significantly higher electricity prices. We think the American consumer would prefer not to be skinned by Obama's EPA."

Thinking Mean Cutting
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Fred Upton Politician
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"I look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, Whip McCarthy and the entire republican conference as we repeal Obamacare, fight rampant job killing regulations, cut spending and help put folks back to work."

Jobs Fighting Cutting
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Mark Cuban Entrepreneur, Investor
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"I'm not against government involvement in times of need. I am for recognizing that big public companies will continue to cut jobs in an effort to prop up stock prices, which in turn stimulates the need for more government involvement."

Jobs Government Cutting
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Kenny Smith Basketball Player
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"One can hardly appreciate how academia has perverted its highest tasks and "ideals" without pondering long and hard the implications of Jacques Barzun's House of Intellect and its Hegelian/Bergsonian contrast between rigidified "intellect" and always-growing "intelligence." This fundamentally Hegelian distinction, needless to say, cuts to the quick of the contrast between Platonic and Aristotelian forms of philosophy."

Philosophy Cutting Education
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