"In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at."
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.“
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none."
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them."
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music."
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination."
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"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."
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"The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy."
-Carly Fiorina
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"I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise."
-Ron Wyden
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"The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see."
-Carly Fiorina
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"Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time."
-Gerald R. Ford
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"I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman."
-Bob Kane
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"The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature."
-Lewis Thomas
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