We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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