The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics. ~Gracie Gold
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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I dream about people who do not need to have sex to know they love each other. ~Carol Rifka Brunt
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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