He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it! ~Estelle
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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