"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
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