People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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The necessity for "professionals" in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. ~Jason Alexander
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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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 don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
#quotes #randy-houser #parenting

The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #knowledge

I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
#quotes #stephen-chbosky #the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower #love

There's a myth that free-to-play is cheaper than a $60 game. It's just elastic. For some users, it winds up being a lot more expensive. I would have paid $150 a year to get a better version of FIFA. ~Mitch Lasky
#quotes #mitch-lasky #games #free-to-play

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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