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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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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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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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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Let's be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush. ~Roger Stone
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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