If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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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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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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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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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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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. ~Paula Creamer
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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