There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese 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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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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I make the girls jump like I am Kris Kross. ~Nicki Minaj
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person. ~Paolo Sorrentino
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