With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic 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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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday. ~Jerry B. Jenkins
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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