Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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All actors are looking for that role that is going to define who they are. When it happens, it is a good thing. ~Jeffrey Pierce
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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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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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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To be a team, you must be a family. ~Don Meyer
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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Yeah, I think there are a lot of things about Cleveland that I miss. Los Angeles is a funny place to live. ~Monica Potter
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound. ~Carolina Herrera
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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