- Benjamin Rush
(01/04/1746 – 04/19/1813)
US physician, statesman
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"The turgid style of Johnson, the purple glare of Gibbon, and even the studied and thickset metaphors of Junius are all equally unnatural, and should not be admitted into our company."
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"In case it is one of mine."
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"I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times."
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"The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being."
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"A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying 'long time, no see.'"
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"Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck."
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| "There is so much hate among people, so much contempt inside people who'd like you to think they're moral, that they have to hire prizefighters to do their hating for them. And we do. We get into a ring and act out other people's hates." |  |
"He made me think differently ... besides his smile makes my tummy warm."
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"I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there."
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| "Since every record surely contains something offensive to someone, sticker them all. Make this as meaningless as the bar code." |  |
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