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Kahlil Gibran
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution when the old and the new stand side by side...when the glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era This time...is a very good one...
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Andrew A. Rooney
The only people who say worse things about politicians than reporters do are other politicians.
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Kristin Hunter
First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.
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Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude.
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Greenville County (S.C.) Department of Social Services, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1993
Your food stamps will be stopped effective March, 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
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William Henry Harrison, Speech, October 1, 1840
I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the government are directed tot he purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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Hyman Rickover
Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Arapaho Proverb
Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
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Chaim Weizmann
A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.
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Richard Bach, Illusions [1977]
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
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