You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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