"I'm not wild about the term first lady. I'd just like to be called Laura Bush."

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"Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided. Yet time and time again one hears it said that since we have been put into a conflicting world, we have t…"

— Sophie Scholl

Politics1921–1943

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"If there are rights or duties of people which are not guaranteed because they're part of a union and not of a family, there will be the need of a legislative action to remove the disparity. Obviously,…"

— Gianfranco Fini

Politics1952

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"With respect to the cohesion and of liquids, I have had the good fortune to anticipate Mr. Laplace in his late researches, and I have endeavoured to show, that my assumptions are more universally appl…"

— Thomas Young (scientist)

Mathematics1773–1829

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