I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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You can almost believe what you know is not true when you really have to. ~Carol Plum Ucci
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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