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Ronald Reagan
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
George Bernard Shaw
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society ... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Unknown, The Bhagavad Gita
For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom. For the uncontrolled there is no concentration, and for him without concentration, there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful how can there ever be happiness?
Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.
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Anatole France, Revolt of the Angels
To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price upon conjectures.
Trey and Matt Stone Parker
I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way.
Kelly Marshall
It matters not how tall you are, but how straight you grow.
James Branch Cabell
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
All cruelty springs from weakness.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.
Gore Vidal
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Anatole France
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Mae West
Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.
Mark Twain
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
Mark Twain
The trouble isn't that there are too many fools, but that the lightning isn't distributed right.
George Burns
Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.
Pink Floyd, song "Wish You Were Here"
Did you exchange a walk-on part in a war, for a leading role in a cage?
Dr. Thomas Dooley
Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention. But it has no persuasive value at all.
Edmund Burke
Never despair but if you do, work on in despair.
Barbara Cook
If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.
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Thomas Jefferson
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
Peter Farquharson
Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to look not only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.
Henry David Thoreau, Wednesday, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.
Douglas Adams
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Robert Frost
The best way out is always through.
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