Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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I don't know where I come from but I am here now so deal with it. ~Gary Busey
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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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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern 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 wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally. ~Vince Lombardi
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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