Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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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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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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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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If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free. ~Russell Means
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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