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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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. ~Ryan White
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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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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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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