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«Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the press, and in the same way as bull-fighting has a brutalizing effect upon Spain (of which she is unconscious), headlines of murder, rape, and rubbish, excite and demoralize the American public.»
Author: Margot Asquith
| Keywords:
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«Believe me, this country [Florida] has been greatly overrated. One acre of our fine Tennessee land is worth a thousand here.»
Author: Rachel Donelson Jackson
(First Lady)
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Acre, acres, Florida, greatly, overrate, overrated, overrates, overrating, Tennessee
«We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.»
Author: Tom Watson
(Golfer)
| About:
Golf
| Keywords:
golfers, overrate, overrated, overrates, overrating, tournament, tournaments
«Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
| About:
Modesty,
Virtue
| Keywords:
overrate, overrated, overrates, overrating
«Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. Nay, it is greatly overrated; and it is our selfishness which overrates it.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
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