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And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my characterizations but about me personally, my private self.

~Erich Von Stroheim

Topics: About Attempt Because Been Condemned Filthy Me Personally Private Reviled Rumors Self Sincerity

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I was arrested in September 2011 and detained for nine months before I was found guilty in June 2012 under Ethiopia's overly broad Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, which ostensibly covers the 'planning, preparation, conspiracy, incitement and attempt' of terrorist acts.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Acts Arrested Attempt Before Broad Conspiracy Covers Ethiopia Found Guilty June Months Nine Nine Months Overly Planning Preparation Proclamation September Terrorist Which

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Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion.

~Etty Hillesum

Topics: Absorb Amount Attempt Figures Greed Information Intellectual Intellectual Life Life Massive Mental Well

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Hillary Clinton is a corrupt career politician who has recklessly handled classified information in an attempt to avoid accountability and put American lives at risk, including those of my former colleagues. She fails the basic tests of judgment and ethics any candidate for president must meet.

~Evan Mcmullin

Topics: Accountability American Any Attempt Avoid Basic Candidate Career Classified Classified Information Clinton Colleagues Corrupt Ethics Fails Former Handled Hillary Hillary Clinton Including Information Judgment Lives Meet Must Politician President Put Risk She Tests Those Who

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Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art.

~Ezra Pound

Topics: Another Art Attempt Failures Just Numerous Oh Religion Resulting Those

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There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life.

~Ezra Taft Benson

Topics: Always Attempt Destroy Display Faith Foundations Intellectual Life Little Little Minds Minds Out Those Vanity Very Who Will

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Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.

~Federica Montseny

Topics: Always Attempt Authority Constantly Make Remains Smaller Something Which

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Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.

~Federico Fellini

Topics: Attempt Awkward Convince Desperate Having Hype Journalists Made Misery Review Worth You

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A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States.

~Feisal Abdul Rauf

Topics: Also Attempt Been Convenient Enemies Exists Express Kind More Muslims Paint Racism Sentiment States Still United United States Way

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'Gatekeeper' was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to figure out a way to approach it that had a sort of end result in mind. I haven't written many like that.

~Feist

Topics: Approach Around Attempt Bit Boundaries End End Result Figure First Frame Had Like Little Little Bit Many Mind Out Put Result Songwriting Sort Try Way Written

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