Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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