A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations, well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing. ~James Cromwell
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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For mercy has a human heart; pity, a human face; and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress. ~William Blake
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English 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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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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