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“There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.”

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Michael Howard, a renowned military historian, was born on November 29, 1922. He has made significant contributions to the field of military history, particularly in the study of the Second World War. more

“How strange it is, Anna. Yesterday, I have filed in my mind as a good day, notwithstanding it was filled with mortal illness and the grieving of the recently bereft. Yet it is a good day, for the simple fact that no one died upon it. We are brought to a sorry state, that we measure what is good by such a shortened yardstick.”

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Book:Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague

Source: Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague

“My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.”

Ifs Kind Illness Excuse Block Writer's Block

Author:Mary Garden

“The careful insect 'midst his works I view, Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew, With golden treasures load his little thighs, And steer his distant journey through the skies.”

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Book:The Poetical Works of John Gay: With a Life of the Author

Source: The Poetical Works of John Gay: With a Life of the Author

“The men of experiment are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes the middle course, it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.”

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Author:Francis Bacon

“When you have an individual that is committed to killing someone else, you can`t expect a restraining order or the police to provide 24-hour protection.”

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Author:William Bennett

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