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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.: Robert Orben
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.: Simon Cameron (1799 - 1889)
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I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.: Richard Greenberg, NY Times Magazine, 03-26-2006
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
It is a sadness of growing older that we lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
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War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.: Georges Clemenceau (1841 - 1929)
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Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.: Peter Marshall, Senate chaplain, prayer offered at the opening of the session, April 18, 1947
Competition is a painful thing, but it produces great results.: Jerry Flint, in Forbes
Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns.: John Clarke, Economist
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There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.: H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003
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I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal.: Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), quoted in Boswell's Life of Johnson
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Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.: Chilo
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It doesn't matter if you win or lose in the big, scary jungle of the real world. Winners and losers... Enemies and allies... We don't live in a comic book! This is the real deal.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.: John J. Plomp
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Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.: J. Bartlett Brebner
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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Mustard's no good without roast beef.: Chico Marx (1891 - 1961)
You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, February 2003
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
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