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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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quotistIt's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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