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We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could.


William Graham Sumner

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LINDSEY GRAHAM I remember when we were shooting 'Boogie Nights,' all of my stand-ins were wiping out all th...
HEATHER GRAHAM I do have the roller skates from 'Boogie Nights.'
HEATHER GRAHAM Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind.
JAMES GRAHAM As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mo...
STEPHEN GRAHAM People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it need...
GRAHAM GREENE Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unfor...
GRAHAM GREENE The highest form or worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of prai...
BILLY GRAHAM I have never understood why people who can swallow the enormous improbability of a personal God bogg...
GRAHAM GREENE This is a very scary trend. In the past, people could say, 'It's not in my neighborhood and I don't ...
AARON GRAHAM This is a very scary trend.
AARON GRAHAM The average suspect works by himself, is a male, is white, and is in his mid 20s.
AARON GRAHAM I used to do it undercover for many years for the government, so I can tell you how simple it is.
AARON GRAHAM We make the decisions based on the best information available. No doubt, that information has gotten...
AARON GRAHAM For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look 'no date ...
LAUREN GRAHAM It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
GRAHAM GREENE Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.
GRAHAM GREENE One can't love humanity. One can only love people.
GRAHAM GREENE There is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never ...
MARTHA GRAHAM