No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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That is what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us. ~Kurt Busch
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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Repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. ~Marianne Moore
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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