The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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It is my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown. ~Tom Colicchio
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
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By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena? ~Dan Rather
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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What exists is a godly existence, a divine existence. God not as a person but as a presence certainly exists. But to understand that presence, you have to understand your own inner presence first, because it is from there that you can take off, it is from there that you can have the first glimpse of what godliness is. If you have not known yourself you will never know God. ~Rajneesh
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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