The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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