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Under conditions of tyranny it is f…

4 Aug , 2011  

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. Great short quote and quotation by: Hannah Arendt , US (German-born) historian & social philosopher (1906 – 1975)

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Under democracy one party always de…

4 Aug , 2011  

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken , US editor (1880 – 1956)

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Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C.

Under every stone lurks a politicia…

4 Aug , 2011  

Under every stone lurks a politician. Great short quote and quotation by: Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C. , Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC – 388 BC)

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Robert Ingersoll, On Isadora Duncan

Under the influence of art the wall…

4 Aug , 2011  

Under the influence of art the walls expand, the roof rises, and it becomes a temple. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Ingersoll, On Isadora Duncan , US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, & orator (1833 – 1899)

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Bourke Cockran

Underlying the whole scheme of civi…

4 Aug , 2011  

Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future. Great short quote and quotation by: Bourke Cockran ,

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Underneath this flabby exterior is …

4 Aug , 2011  

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Levant , (1906 – 1972)

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Tom Peters, in The Chicago Tribune

Underpromise; overdeliver….

4 Aug , 2011  

Underpromise; overdeliver. Great short quote and quotation by: Tom Peters, in The Chicago Tribune ,

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Dogen Zenji

Understand clearly that when a grea…

4 Aug , 2011  

Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is a small need there is small use; it is obvious, then, that full use is made of all things at all times according to the necessity thereof. Great short quote and quotation by: Dogen Zenji ,

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Abbie Hoffman

Understand that legal and illegal a…

4 Aug , 2011  

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. Great short quote and quotation by: Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Urine Test , US radical activist (1936 – 1989)

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Understand that the right to choose…

4 Aug , 2011  

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity. Great short quote and quotation by: Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine , US actress & television talk show host (1954 – )

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Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

Understanding human needs is half t…

4 Aug , 2011  

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them. Great short quote and quotation by: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., speech, October 3, 1952 , US diplomat & Democratic politician (1900 – 1965)

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Undeserved praise causes more pangs…

4 Aug , 2011  

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated. Great short quote and quotation by: Friedrich Nietzsche , German philosopher (1844 – 1900)

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