If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together. ~Stephen Charnock
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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