Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?" ~Brian Tracy
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
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