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Correspondent Inspirational Quotes (1588)

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Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
Francis Pharcellus Church
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Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she wants to be.
Betty Rollin
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Science is practical philosophy.
Rene Descartes
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God has punished the knave, and the devil has drowned the rest.
Voltaire
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If I dress like a schlump, I think like a schlump and I work like a schlump.
Nina Totenberg
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The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.
Voltaire
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Tears are the silent language of grief.
Voltaire
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An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.
Voltaire
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
Jessica Savitch
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there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.
Madame de Stael
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He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity.
Voltaire
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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
Jessica Savitch
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As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
Voltaire
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News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
Jessica Savitch
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In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.
Christiane Amanpour
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There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
Denis Diderot
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Be happy, but be happy through piety.
Madame de Stael
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If the weather is too cold or rainy, I take shelter in the Regence Cafe, where I entertain myself by watching chess being played. Paris is the world center, and this cafe is the Paris centre for the finest skill at this game.
Denis Diderot
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In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people.
Voltaire
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Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.
Madame de Stael
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Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes all their learning consists in our credulity.
Voltaire
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Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
Rene Descartes
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I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.
Peter Jennings
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