Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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