Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian 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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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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