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Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

~Benjamin Cardozo

Topics: Experience Generally Honest However Poor Prophecy Substitute

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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

~Benjamin Disraeli

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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Adopted Best Business Carrying Considering Execution Forced Generally Govern Hands Having Like Measures Much New Occasion Previous Projects Public Seldom Take Therefore Those Trouble Who Wisdom

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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

~Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Affairs Generally Get Good More Never People Sometimes Them Those Unfortunate Use Victory Which Will Would

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Yes, the concept that blunt-force trauma of the head causes brain damage is a generally accepted principle of medicine. That is why I was so appalled by the NFL doctors who were denying my work.

~Bennet Omalu

Topics: Accepted Appalled Brain Causes Concept Damage Denying Doctors Generally Head Medicine Principle Trauma Were Who Why Work Yes Nfl

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If you hear a New Order track that's mostly electronic, it's generally come about through one person sitting at a computer and programming it.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: About Come Computer Electronic Generally Hear Mostly New Order Person Programming Sitting Through Track You

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Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

~Bertrand Russell

Topics: Acquisition Consists Enjoying Generally Greatest Greatest Pleasure More Next Others Ourselves Pleasure Power Preventing Themselves

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I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.

~Beth Ditto

Topics: Believer Deliberately Enough Generally Great Great Believer Karma Me Mean Serve Those Up Vengeance Who

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We Houstonians, generally speaking, are hearty. The weather's too hot for us not to be.

~Beth Moore

Topics: Generally Hearty Hot Speaking Too Us Weather

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Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.

~Betsy Devos

Topics: Bad Committees Generally Good Good Ideas Government Ideas Likes Lot Mush Produce Really

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