It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
#quotes #john-corey-whaley #family

All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin. ~Arthur Godfrey
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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