Quotes 2341 till 2360 of 2595.
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When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
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When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
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When a person has a gun, sometimes their mind clicks that this thing will win arguments and straighten people out.
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When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend.
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When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.
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When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
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When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.
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When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
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When a woman's bumped off, her husband is always the first suspect - which gives you a little side glimpse of what people really think about marriage.
Coming Up for Air -
When animus and anima meet, the animus draws his sword of power and the anima ejects her poison of illusion and seduction. The outcome need not always be negative, since the two are equally likely to fall in love (a special instance of love at first sight).
Aion (1951) -
When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being able to change and adapt so fast.
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When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped.
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When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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When Castro was put on trial in 1953 by Batista's government and asked who was intellectually responsible for his first attempt at insurrection, he dropped the name of the poet Jose Marti.
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When food prices surge, poor families suddenly find themselves unable to afford enough nutritious food. If this happens during the first thousand days of a child's life, the damage to his or her body and mind can be permanent.
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When he first started - Jim Henson, who created Bid Bird and Oscar - he said Big Bird was just a big, goofy guy. And it was - a script came along and I said, 'I think Big Bird would be much more useful to the show if he were a child learning all the things we were teaching in the show.' And so he didn't know the alphabet, even, for instance.
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