I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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