I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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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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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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