Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility. ~Patricia Briggs
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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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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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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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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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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