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• The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. Andrew Jackson
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  Keywords: contrived :: equality :: man :: never :: of :: operate :: perfect :: system :: taxation :: that :: the :: wisdom :: with :: would :: yet

  Subject: Equality Quotes

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• The [Academy Awards] ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons. George C. Scott
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  Keywords: academy :: are :: awards :: ceremonies :: contrived :: display :: economic :: for :: hour :: meat :: parade :: public :: reasons :: suspense :: the :: two :: with

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• If one watches television enough, one begins to perceive the texture with which it`s contrived. John Gielgud
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  Keywords: begins :: contrived :: enough :: if :: it :: one :: perceive :: television :: texture :: the :: to :: watches :: which :: with

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• Personality is everything that`s false in a human, everything that`s been added on to him and contrived. Sam Shepard
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  Keywords: added :: and :: been :: contrived :: everything :: false :: him :: human :: in :: is :: on :: personality :: that :: to

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• [about kissing band mate David M. Navarro in the Red Hot Chili Peppers` "Warped" video]: "It was totally spontaneous. It was no big deal. It was not any sort of contrived design to shock. The funny thing is people are so close-minded and uptight and freak... Anthony Kiedis
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• That`s when I discovered that we were misleading ourselves, and that we were making wrong decisions based on the numbers that we had contrived, Peter Lewis
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  Keywords: and :: based :: contrived :: decisions :: discovered :: had :: making :: misleading :: numbers :: on :: ourselves :: that :: the :: we :: were :: when :: wrong

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• Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena. Andrew Luciuk
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  Keywords: chaos :: contrived :: foothold :: in :: is :: living :: of :: phenomena :: scientific :: the :: theory

  Subject: Science Quotes

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• Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. Allison Janse
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  Keywords: action :: and :: answers :: calls :: constant :: contrived :: for :: hastily :: have :: is :: life :: made :: more :: of :: seldom :: than :: time :: to :: up :: we

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• It feels like there was a really, in some ways, kind of fashiony, contrived feeling that surrounds that scene. We always kind of were going around saying we`re writing the music we wanted to be writing and somehow found ourselves in the middle of that. Th... Dustin Kensrue
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• Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal. Simon Raven
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  Keywords: are :: as :: be :: behave :: can :: circumstances :: contrived :: gentlemen :: in :: manifestly :: now :: only :: or :: such :: that :: tolerated :: unreal

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• But from the time I was very little, it was something I would do all the time, just sing, dance and act. So it wasn`t something that was fake or contrived as I got older. Jennifer Lopez
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  Keywords: act :: all :: and :: as :: but :: contrived :: dance :: do :: fake :: from :: got :: it :: just :: little :: older :: or :: sing :: so :: something :: that :: the :: time :: very :: was :: wasn :: would

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• The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. John Kennedy
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  Keywords: allows :: and :: belief :: but :: comfort :: contrived :: deliberate :: discomfort :: dishonest :: enemy :: great :: in :: is :: lie :: myth :: myths :: not :: of :: often :: opinion :: persistent :: persuasive :: the :: thought :: truth :: unrealistic :: very :: without

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• As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived. Abdullah Ocalan
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  Keywords: are :: as :: contrived :: devised :: evasion :: fast :: is :: laws :: their

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