The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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I'm a drama nerd. ~Luke Kirby
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
#quotes #john-corey-whaley #family

The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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