The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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When you are starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they can put you. And quite often, and we're all guilty of this is our lives, we judge very quickly and we pigeon-hole people very quickly based on how they look and how they talk and how they dress and we think: "Oh yeah, we know who you are." ~Tom Hiddleston
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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