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Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

~Abraham Cowley

Topics: Despise Enough Few Few People Foolishness Knowledge Must People See Solitude Used Vanity Very Virtue Well Who World

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We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Also Between Coast Down East East Coast Foolishness Going Gotta Hip Hip Hop Hop Now Slow Try Understand Universal Want West West Coast

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We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Built Coming Down Egos Foolishness Get Hand Hiding Home Keeping Leave Media Others Out Putting Sit Stick Things Throwing Understanding Up Want Where Who You Your

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Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

~Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Almost Almost All Aspect Certain First Foolishness Ideas New New Ideas Produced

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People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Actually Appear Appearance Avoid Foolish Foolishness Fools People Remain Willing Wish

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But, you know, we have these entrenched entities - and I'm talking about both Republicans and Democrats - who believe that when you're elected to office, you become some kind of member of the aristocracy, and that anyone who challenges you is attacking you and is unpatriotic. This is foolishness.

~Ben Carson

Topics: About Anyone Aristocracy Attacking Become Believe Both Challenges Democrats Elected Entities Entrenched Foolishness Kind Know Member Office Republicans Republicans And Democrats Some Talking Who You

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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Changed Foolishness Had Humor Making Sense

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Only once in a thousand years or so do we get to hear a Mozart or see a Picasso or read a Shakespeare. Ali was one of them, and yet at his heart, he was still a kid from Louisville who ran with the gods and walked with the crippled and smiled at the foolishness of it all.

~Billy Crystal

Topics: Ali Crippled Foolishness Get Gods He Hear Heart His Kid Mozart Once Only Picasso Ran Read See Shakespeare Smiled Still Them Thousand Thousand Years Walked Who Years

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My mother had very humble beginnings - to put it mildly. Her dad built their home out of timber that he cut down on their land. No heat, no air-conditioning - 'no foolishness,' as he would call it.

~Blake Lively

Topics: Beginnings Built Call Cut Dad Down Foolishness Had He Heat Her Home Humble Land Mother Out Put Timber Very Would

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More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works.

~Brock Yates

Topics: Books Car Foolishness More Motorcycles Racing Works

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