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    In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes, it strikes with incredible emphasis. Those are the rare occasions when a national will emerges from the scattered, specialized, or indifferent blocs of voters who ordinarily elect the politicians. Those are for good or evil the great occasions in a nation's history.

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A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.

A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.

by Morris Bender Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and read more

The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

by Lloyd Jones Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

by Daniel Dennett Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in read more

Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in conflict with yourself.

by Tom Hopkins Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get read more

No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

by Amar Gopal Bose Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: read more

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

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Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.

Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.

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Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.

Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.

by Edward M. Forster Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to read more

I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over.

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