A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. ~Don Henley
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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