Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
#quotes #paul-kane #socializing

If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #nature

Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
#quotes #amy-tan #family

There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
#quotes #harry-blamires #religious #christianity

I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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