"The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me."
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"The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you."
"But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression"
"Look around—there's only one thing of danger for you here—poetry."
"One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional."
"It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in.""
"Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide."
"One thing that you cant fake is chemistry."
"Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid."
"There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change."
"Education is the one thing that no one can take from you."
"One thing I don't like is when you disrespect the law."
"If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man."
"One thing you cannot control is nature."
"Every person that you meet knows at least one thing that you don't. Don't let them leave without learning it."
"That which we cannot speak of is the one thing about whom and to whom we must never stop speaking."
"Success is one thing, impact is another"
"But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them."
"The truth is the one thing that nobody will believe."
"There is always one thing to be grateful for - that one is one's self and not somebody else."
"He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends."