The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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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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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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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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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know. ~Pauline Kael
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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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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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