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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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quotistHe who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Everything that happens is meant to be. It is meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it is meant to be disaster. ~Tony Kaye
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