Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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I'm a drama nerd. ~Luke Kirby
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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I live in the moment. ~Amy Sedaris
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Gardening is a humbling experience. ~Martha Stewart
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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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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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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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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