I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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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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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player? ~Anna Kournikova
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it! ~Estelle
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish 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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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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