"Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints."
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"Well, the truth is, if you really listen to that bird on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any time–then you might not be as ambitious as you are."
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"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness."
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"Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on, till it becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown, destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds."
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"Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism."
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"I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that I belong."
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"If angels come not to minister us it is because we do not invite them, it is because we keep the door closed through which they might otherwise enter."
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"But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it."
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"You might say he was one taco short of a combination platter."
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"Shh! Listen! Someone’s coming! I think — I think it might be us!"
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"I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do. It won't rust. This time I hope, the head will stay on."
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"Do not, oh do not indulge such a wild idea that a newspaper might err! If so what have we to trust in this age of sham?"
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"People will tell you that writing is too difficult, that it's impossible to get your work published, that you might as well hang yourself. Meanwhile, they'll keep writing and you'll have hanged yourself."
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"For me [in my stand-ups] I do what is from the heart. I do what I relate to, what I can talk about, things that I can define. I don't try to talk about things just because they might be a popular subject. I talk about things I know about."
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"Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next."
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"Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair."
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"Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed."
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"I find it hard to take chances that might mean making bad decisions."
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"Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep."
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"Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left."
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