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Will Rogers
On account of us being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
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Michael Johnson
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
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Mao Tse-Tung
We shall support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports.
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Eugene McCarthy, Time magazine, Feb. 12, 1979
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
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Andre Gide
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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John D. MacDonald
Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.
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Seneca
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
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William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3
Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent,
And, like a man to double business bound,
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect.
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Audrey Hepburn
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. . . . As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
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Oscar Hammerstein II
All the sounds of the earth are like music.
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Dogen
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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J. William Fulbright, Speech to the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. April 28, 1966
The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
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