There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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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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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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My whole life has been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it. ~Tony Fernandes
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
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