"Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning."

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Source : Tryon Edwards (1853). “The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors”, p.356

Tryon Edwards

#Real Quotes #Needs Quotes #Speak Quotes

“You can measure films on box office success, or people lovin' the movie whenever they see it. That's what I measure my movies on. How much people love these movies after they get a chance to see them, no matter how they get a chance to see them.”
“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow.”
“I want to be outspoken. I want to say my opinions and I hope theyâ€™re taken in the right way. I donâ€™t want to stop being free. And I wonâ€™t.”
“Never send a human to do a machine's job”

Source : "Fictional character: Agent Smith". "The Matrix", www.imdb.com. 1999.
“Oh, Iâ€™ll fight you,â€ she promised, her eyes clear of shadows. â€œThatâ€™s the way I roll.”
“Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive.”
“Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.”

Source : Warren E. Burger (1984). “Significant Supreme Court Opinions of the Honorable Warren E. Burger: Chief Justice of the United States”
“I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”

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