The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
#quotes #arthur-capper #people #goodness

But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. ~Paula Creamer
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
#quotes #mary-lou-williams #career

"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
#quotes #lynda-barry #children

A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English 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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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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