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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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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It is much more enjoyable being an actor. ~Kyle Chandler
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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