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«For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.»
«I liked being a minor because you can't get into trouble. Now I just have to try and behave myself.»
«Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time»
Author: Margot Fonteyn
(Dancer)
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encountered, first moment, for the first time, minor, revelation
«For the perfect idler, for the passionate observer it becomes an immense source of enjoyment to establish his dwelling in the throng, in the ebb and flow, the bustle, the fleeting and the infinite. To be away from home and yet to feel at home anywhere; to see the world, to be at the very center of the world, and yet to be unseen of the world, such are some of the minor pleasures of those independent, intense and impartial spirits, who do not lend themselves easily to linguistic definitions. The observer is a prince enjoying his incognito wherever he goes.»
Author: Charles Baudelaire
(Poet)
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«LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion --thus:_Major Premise_: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man._Minor Premise_: One man can dig a posthole in sixty seconds; therefore --_Conclusion_: Sixty men can dig a posthole in one second. This may be called the syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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accordance, arithmetical, certainty, combining, conclusion, consisting, dig, double, limitations, major, minor, minor premise, misunderstanding, obtain, piece of work, posthole, premise, premised, reasoning, seconds, sixty, strict, syllogism, syllogisms, The Art of Reasoning
«I regard him as the whitest man I know. He is down on his luck at present owing to the mortgaging of his extensive property at Agendath Netaim in faraway Asia Minor, slides of which will now be shown.»
Author: James Joyce
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Asia, Asia Minor, faraway, minor, mortgage, mortgaged, mortgages, mortgaging, owing, slides, slide down
«Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.»
Author: Stephen R. Covey
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Disillusionment
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«I had laid it down as a law for my conduct while in office, and hitherto scrupulously observed, to accept of no present beyond a book, a pamphlet, or other curiosity of minor value; as well to avoid imputation on my motives of action, as to shut out»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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hitherto, imputation, minor, motives, observed, pamphlet, pamphlets, scrupulously, shut down, shut out