It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great. ~Gisele Bundchen
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
#quotes #amy-tan #family

Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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