Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ~Anna Kendrick
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
#quotes #william-makepeace-thackeray #writing #history #books

Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
#quotes #dana-perino #mother #business

He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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