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«It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds»
«I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again.»
Author: Anne Frank
(Author)
| About:
Politicians,
War
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«A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.»
«A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Speech
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edge, edge tool, keener, keenest, sharp, sharp tongue, tool
«I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from a fine physical state. It cannot be bought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.»
«REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide.This is a truth, as old as the hills, That life and experience teach: The poor man suffers that keenest of ills, An impediment of his reach. --G.J.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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impediment, impediments, keenest, radius
«A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable»
Author: Billy Graham
| About:
Sense of humor
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«Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs»
Author: Henry Ford
| About:
Business,
Competition
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competition, costs, cutting, cutting edge, cut away, edge, Edge of, keen, keenest, shaved, shaves, shaving
«I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
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