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Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Against Austere Constant Ever Government Learned Liberalism More Political Protest Submission Trifles Unite

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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Austere Business Gambling Known Looks

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Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Against Argument Austere Celestial Class Crowds Descend Goddess Great Hatred Liberty Nation Never Nor Passion She Shouting Strong

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Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

~Arlen Specter

Topics: Advocacy Austere Budget Bush Care Education Fair Fair Share Fiscal Fiscal Year Get Health Health Care Indispensable Next President Safety Share Strong Will Worker Year

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My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

~Bernard Tschumi

Topics: Apartment Architect Architecture Austere Impose Itself Minimal Other Place Reflects Stage Take Things Views You

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My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain is much more interesting to play.

~Charles Dance

Topics: Actor Any Austere Characters Face Interesting Itself Lends More Much Play Tell Them Unless Villain Will You

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In the digital future, texts will be annotated visually, animated and illustrated like never before. The austere 'prayer book' paper that permitted the space for Shepard's illustrations to Pepys' diaries is now being recreated in the digital era.

~Chris Riddell

Topics: Animated Austere Before Being Book Diaries Digital Era Future Illustrated Illustrations Like Never Now Paper Permitted Prayer Space Texts Will

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I have to say, though, it's a little strange doing both because Durant is very straight and stern and austere.

~Corbin Bernsen

Topics: Austere Because Both Doing Little Say Stern Straight Strange Though Very

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The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.

~E. T. Bell

Topics: Any Application Austere Degenerate Doubt Formulas General Incapable Indeed Neat No Doubt Particular Pretty Pursuit Quest Quickly Silly Theorems Very Vice Which

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In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.

~Elinor Wylie

Topics: Austere Escaped Fear File Go Masks None Outrageous Quite Single Smile Years

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