If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
#quotes #russell-m-nelson #love #caring

The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
#quotes #barack-obama #government #economy

Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
#quotes #democritus #writing #poetry #inspiration

A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian 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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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
#quotes #steven-wright #humor

Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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