The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof of concept code to show that they are true vulnerabilities in order for us to secure our systems. ~Edward Snowden
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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If you care about the people you work with then you work harder. ~Kristine Lilly
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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