"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
#quotes #max-lerner #peace #brotherhood #wish

Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon

I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
#quotes #joss-whedon #thinking #mistakes #change

Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
#quotes #anthony-burgess #language #translation #design #culture

What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
#quotes #salma-hayek #acting #hollywood

Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
#quotes #alan-ball #nature #life #heart

Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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