Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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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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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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Tiles tiles tiles.

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution. ~Luc Montagnier
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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