No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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