There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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