A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Collectively with my design team we spent time working on the feel, fit and style to ensure the product is not only something I would wear but one which I would be proud to put my name to. I always want to challenge myself and this was such a rewarding experience for me. I'm very happy with the end result and I hope H&M's male customers will be as excited as I am. ~David Beckham
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is. ~Stephen Chbosky
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
#quotes #thomas-sowell #nuclear #bombing #terrorism

In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
#proverbs #adversity #time

Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave. ~Kool Moe Dee
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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