Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here is a little tip Howard; cut back on the Red Bull. ~David Letterman
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish 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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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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