You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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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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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear; but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister; but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went. ~J. J. Abrams
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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