"I am only too aware that I am open to Rees's Second Law of Quotation: However sure you are that you have attributed a quotation correctly, an earlier source will be pointed out to you."

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Source : "Brewer's Famous Quotations" by Nigel Rees, London: Cassell, (p. x), 1994.

Nigel Rees

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“The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.”

Source : RALPH ADAMS CRAM (1922). “TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE”
“Karch inspired his partners, his opponents and the world of volleyball players to be better than they were, to be great... In the end, who could do more for a sport than that?”
“Government is the enemy until you need a friend.”
“I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that this is not a dress rehersal, and that today is the only guarantee you get.”
“Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth”
“Christian growth doesn't happen by first behaving better, but by believing better--believi ng in bigger, deeper, brighter ways what Christ has already secured for sinners.”
“That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.”
“I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even the bad ones. Don't make excuses, make hits.”

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