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  2. Gerard Manley Hopkins - Wikipedia

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    Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets. His prosody – notably his concept of sprung rhythm – established him as an innovator, as did his praise of God through vivid use of imagery and nature.

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    There is no accounting for tastes; There is no fool like an old fool; There is no I in team; There's no need to wear a hair shirt; There is no place like home; There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. There is no smoke without fire/Where there is smoke, there is fire; There is no such thing as a free lunch; There is ...

  4. No such thing as a stupid question - Wikipedia

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    There is no such thing as a dumb question". [1] A 1970 Dear Abby column in The Milwaukee Sentinel said: "There is no such thing as a stupid question if it's sincere. Better to ask and risk appearing stupid than to continue on your ignorant way and make a stupid mistake. [2] "There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid answers". [3]

  5. Speak No Evil: The Decade's Worst New Business Terms - AOL

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    The list of jargon is long and lackluster: jump the shark, it is what it is,meta, there's no there there, [blank] is the new [blank], no worries, verticals, the new normal. Show comments Advertisement

  6. Bill Gates Regrets Divorce, Calls It a Mistake: 'There Are ...

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    Nearly four years after Bill Gates announced his intent to divorce his longtime wife Melinda, the Microsoft co-founder said he now considers the decision to be one of the worst he has ever made.

  7. 62 Quotes About Strength Everyone Should Read - AOL

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    Quotes about strength in hard times “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” —Oprah Winfrey “To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity ...

  8. Pascal's wager - Wikipedia

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    If there is value, then we have everything to gain, but if there is none, then we haven’t lost anything.... Thus, we should seek value." [45] Pascal's mugging, a dialogue written by philosopher Nick Bostrom, shows that a rational victim can be made to give up his wallet in exchange for a weakly credible promise of astronomical repayment. [46]

  9. Hobson's choice - Wikipedia

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    If in this Case there be no other (as the Proverb is) then Hobson's choice...which is, choose whether you will have this or none. It also appears in Joseph Addison 's paper The Spectator (No. 509 of 14 October 1712); [ 4 ] and in Thomas Ward 's 1688 poem "England's Reformation", not published until after Ward's death.