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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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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