War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible. ~Norman Cousins
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Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ~Gene Tunney
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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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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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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