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from an official Japanese guide for English-speaking drivers, 1936
At the rise of the hand of the policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him. 2. If pedestrian obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously. If he continue to obstacle, tootle horn vigorously and utter vocal warning such as Hi, Hi. ... 5. Beware of greasy corner where lurk skid demon. Cease step on, approach slowly, round cautiously, resume step on gradually.
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Marya Mannes
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.
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Randall Jarrell
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
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Bill Shankly
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
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Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book "Divine Providence" #330
Heaven is such that all who have lived well, of whatever religion, have a place there.
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Unknown
Friends are angels that lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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Marquis de Sade
If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.
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Harry S Truman
Study men, not historians.
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Richard Milhous Nixon
Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
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Samuel Johnson
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Charles M. Schwab
Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.
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Sir Winston Churchill
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
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