The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all. ~Nancy Sinatra
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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