Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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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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I held hands with her all the time; that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were. ~J. D. Salinger
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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