"History, sir, will tell lies as usual."
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"We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all is lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While there is life there is happiness. There is much, much before us."
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"Reality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight."
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"Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else."
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"When we step out of our normal world and leave behind us all the usual barriers and prejudices, we tend to become more adventurous."
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"Over many decades, our usual practice is that if something we like goes down, we buy more and more. Sometimes something happens, you realize you’re wrong, and you get out. But if you develop correct confidence in your judgment, buy more and take advantage of stock prices."
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"Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city."
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"I went to the Senate, accomplished nothing as usual."
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"Under all the usual rules of interpretation, in short, the Government should lose this case. But normal rules of interpretation seem always to yield to the overriding principle of the present Court: The Affordable Care Act must be saved."
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"I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake."
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"The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity."
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"I went through the usual stages: imp, rascal, scalawag, whippersnapper. And, of course, after that it's just a small step to full-blown sociopath."
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"As usual, my timing is bizarrely good."
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"We go to great pains to alter life for the happiness of our descendants and our descendants will say as usual: things used to be so much better, life today is worse than it used to be."
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"I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could."
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"We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game."
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"It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear."
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"My nightmare scenario is that the government saves Citibank once again, as well as the other banks, and business resumes as usual. Then, the next time the system breaks, it breaks much, much bigger."
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"Children are not our future, and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic. Children can't be our future, because by the time the future arrives, they won't be children anymore, so blow me!"
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"I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is."
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