In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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You're out on stage, the music is blaring, the crowd is screaming, the lights are flashing, your heart is pumping, the sweat is flying, and it's the greatest feeling in the whole world. ~Michael Flatley
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish 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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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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