A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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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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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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I think "Voldemort" is definitely the scariest villain. ~Lauren Oliver
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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