All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination. ~Ric Keller
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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Repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. ~Marianne Moore
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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You can almost believe what you know is not true when you really have to. ~Carol Plum Ucci
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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