I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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