As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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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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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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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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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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