Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Cyberbullying is an issue that affects all of us and demands that Canadians work together to put an end to it. This national public awareness campaign is an important step in protecting our children online. Along with our government's introduction of Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, we are taking clear action to tackle cyberbullying. ~Peter MacKay
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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The thing I always say to people is this: "If you avoid failure, you also avoid success." ~Robert Kiyosaki
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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