The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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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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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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I have never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. ~George Carlin
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive. ~Robert Kiyosaki
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