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In general, sincerity is awkward.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Awkward General Sincerity

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Growing up in Waterloo, the Governor General's Award wasn't something I even thought to wish for.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Award Even General Governor Growing Growing Up Something Thought Up Wish

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To map the Governor General's Award is to map both the past and the future of Canadian literature, and to be nominated for my first book is wonderful.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Award Book Both Canadian First Future General Governor Literature Map Nominated Past Wonderful

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The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch.

~Alfred De Vigny

Topics: Believe Cares Character Epoch General Human Human Mind Mind Only True I Believe

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I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general.

~Alfred M. Gray

Topics: Commanding Defend Democracy Father General Happen Mother Run Surrogate Train Troops Well

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The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

~Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Characterization Consists European General Philosophical Plato Safest Series Tradition

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Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.

~Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Apprehension Dim Driven Existing Forward General Human Human Life Language Life Notions Too

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The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion.

~Algernon Sidney

Topics: Cannot General Nation Rebellion Revolt

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This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural.

~Algernon Sidney

Topics: Could Effect General Good Intended Liberty Natural Nor Restraint Submission Unless Were

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A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.

~Algernon Sidney

Topics: Beast General Govern Governed Man People Presumption Security Subjected Sufficient Themselves Those Well Were Who Will

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