But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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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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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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