I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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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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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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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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I like to play music; play guitar; I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That's nice. ~Henrik Lundqvist
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LIFE equals Live In Full Effect! ~Joseph Simmons
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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