For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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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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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive. ~Robert Kiyosaki
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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?" ~Brian Tracy
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains. ~Hobart Brown
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person. ~Paolo Sorrentino
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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