Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person. ~Paolo Sorrentino
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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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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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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