The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
#quotes #tommy-franks #war

Spring and summer in Pittsburgh mean outdoor festivals. ~Bill Dedman
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
#quotes #emily-mortimer #dance #life

I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
#quotes #alan-bennett #literature

Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
#proverbs #cat

Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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