There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
#quotes #abraham-lincoln #silence

I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
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It is my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown. ~Tom Colicchio
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive. ~Robert Kiyosaki
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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