The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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quotistI 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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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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proverbiosYou know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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I don't debate with liars. ~Evo Morales
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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