I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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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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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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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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