America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
#quotes #loren-eiseley #nature

She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. ~Louise Slaughter
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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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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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