Xi Jinping (1953) General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and paramount leader of China
As quoted in "China's Xi named to oversee military, a step closer to presidency" in International Business Times (18 October 2010).
2000s
“First comes a full stomach, then comes ethics.”
The Threepenny Opera (1928)
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Letter 58
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Summations, Chapter 56
Variant: We can never come to full knowing of God till we know first clearly our own Soul.
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Source: Clockwork Princess
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Act II, scene 1.
The Little French Lawyer (c. 1619–23; published 1647)
“Till full stop doesn't come, the sentence is not complete.”
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David Brin book Earth
Part II (p. 72)
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