Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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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
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
#quotes #ursula-k-le-guin #music #knowledge #faith

A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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I have never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. ~George Carlin
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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