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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Ambrose Bierce
FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.
Felix Adler
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I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.
Caitlin Moran
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I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side?
Denis Leary
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You want to keep the defense guessing.


Kyrie Irving
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I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history.


Paula Abdul
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The first movie was mostly about George and Julia. This one is mostly about me and Catherine and our love story and our whole history. So it's a very different movie.
Casey Affleck
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Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.
Allan Bloom
I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.
Timothy Dalton
All you have to do is put me in front of the people and put the beat in front of me, and the rest is history.
Mystikal
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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.


Adlai E. Stevenson
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Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.


Ambrose Bierce
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I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.


Bono
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Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.


Eric Hoffer
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Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.


Ben Hecht
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Prejudice hasn't changed to this day, not in golf. Maybe in other sports.


Charlie Sifford
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I love watching people, guessing what they are going to do next. I'm no Derren Brown, but I love that people stuff. Maybe that's why I'm an actor.
Michael Socha
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The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.


Alexander Cockburn
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The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.


Clint Eastwood
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I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don't get too comfortable.
Michael Fassbender
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