Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections. ~David Ogilvy
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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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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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety. ~Zoe Sugg
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
#quotes #matt-chandler #science #supernatural

In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon

I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
#quotes #nate-silver #eating #vacation #south-america

Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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