I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English 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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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Find and serve.

America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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Talk to me when I am bored. Be with me when I am sad. Hug me when i cry. Care for me when I am sick. Don't ever cry for me when I die! Just treasure me when I am alive.
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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