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'Star Trek' was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in lifeforms.

~Gene Roddenberry

Topics: Attempt Begins Day Delight Differences Humanity Ideas Just Maturity Reach Say Special Star Star Trek Take Tolerate Trek Will Wisdom

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Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.

~George Ade

Topics: Attempt Current Keep Literature More Mortals Only Rugged Should Up

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Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them.

~George Ayittey

Topics: African Any Attempt Ballots Cast Counterparts Early Elections Evoke Hot Hours Line Misguided Patiently Queue Reaction Rising Seriously Steal Strong Sun Take Them Unlike Up Very Votes Western Will

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It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

~George Borrow

Topics: Attempt Been Dreary Escape Idleness Itself Merely Mischief Parent Said True Vacuum Very Which

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The great effort of civilization has been, and still is, the attempt to introduce a principle of control into that casual swarm of impressions which makes up men's thought and of which, especially with swayed by emotion, spontaneous action is the law.

~George Edward Woodberry

Topics: Action Attempt Been Casual Civilization Control Effort Emotion Great Impressions Introduce Law Makes Men Principle Spontaneous Still Swayed Thought Up Which

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An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.

~George Haven Putnam

Topics: Attempt Commissioned Else Ends Enthusiast Execution Fancy He Heaven Himself His Liberate Little Oppression Over Own People Than Them Till Ventures Which

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It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye.

~George P. Shultz

Topics: Attempt Congress Eye Finger Hussein King Stick

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It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else.

~Gerd Von Rundstedt

Topics: Attempt Cannot Destroyed Else Find First First Place Hold Madness Order Place Repeat Retreat Second Second Place Someone Troops Will You

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Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man.

~Gerrit Smith

Topics: Advance Attempt Bear Cannot Every God Legislators Let Us Man Our Palpable Restrain Right Tell Us Which Will Wrong

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