Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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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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It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of. ~Paul Walker
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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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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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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