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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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proverbiosThings 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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But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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