Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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If someone were to say, "Well, what would you have done differently?" I'd say, "Nothing." I think you need to make mistakes. ~Kim Kardashian
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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