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As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.

Umberto Eco

As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.

Umberto Eco

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Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

Kathie Lee Gifford

Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

Kathie Lee Gifford

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It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation.

John Kenneth Galbraith

It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble – and will not publish with a clear conscience.

Kenneth L. Pike

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble – and will not publish with a clear conscience.

Kenneth L. Pike

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Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

John James Audubon

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

John James Audubon

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I was never going to be a scholar.

Philip Green

I was never going to be a scholar.

Philip Green

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I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

Ferdinand Marcos

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

Ferdinand Marcos

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A mere ape in our world may be a scholar in its own, and the low life of any beast may be a source of deep satisfaction for the beast itself.

Jeffrey Kluger

A mere ape in our world may be a scholar in its own, and the low life of any beast may be a source of deep satisfaction for the beast itself.

Jeffrey Kluger

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The dream of any scholar has, for me, come true by virtue of this award. The Nobel Prizes are justly famous in the hard sciences, in literature, and for peace.

Paul Samuelson

The dream of any scholar has, for me, come true by virtue of this award. The Nobel Prizes are justly famous in the hard sciences, in literature, and for peace.

Paul Samuelson

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Genius, scholar, and war hero though he is, you have to admit – or maybe you should think about admitting – that George Bush might have rushed things a little in invading Iraq.

Alan Colmes

Genius, scholar, and war hero though he is, you have to admit – or maybe you should think about admitting – that George Bush might have rushed things a little in invading Iraq.

Alan Colmes

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To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form.

Hugh Laurie

To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form.

Hugh Laurie

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I believe an artiste is a reflection of society. I write what I see. I am not a scholar, I am just an entertainer. I cannot change the way people think.

Yo Yo Honey Singh

I believe an artiste is a reflection of society. I write what I see. I am not a scholar, I am just an entertainer. I cannot change the way people think.

Yo Yo Honey Singh

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Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Samuel Richardson

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Samuel Richardson

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But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

Fareed Zakaria

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

Fareed Zakaria

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The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

William Godwin

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

William Godwin

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I’ve always had an interest in complicating the way that we perceive the black character, whether it’s the black academic or scholar or activist or black intellectual.

Rashid Johnson

I’ve always had an interest in complicating the way that we perceive the black character, whether it’s the black academic or scholar or activist or black intellectual.

Rashid Johnson

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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.

Max Weber

Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.

Max Weber

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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

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As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.

Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation.

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble – and will not publish with a clear conscience.

Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

I was never going to be a scholar.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

A mere ape in our world may be a scholar in its own, and the low life of any beast may be a source of deep satisfaction for the beast itself.

The dream of any scholar has, for me, come true by virtue of this award. The Nobel Prizes are justly famous in the hard sciences, in literature, and for peace.

Genius, scholar, and war hero though he is, you have to admit – or maybe you should think about admitting – that George Bush might have rushed things a little in invading Iraq.

To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form.

I believe an artiste is a reflection of society. I write what I see. I am not a scholar, I am just an entertainer. I cannot change the way people think.

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

I’ve always had an interest in complicating the way that we perceive the black character, whether it’s the black academic or scholar or activist or black intellectual.

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.