We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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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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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish 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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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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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
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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