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When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.
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When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just resonating about our special-ness in the universe. And I always say you're in trouble if you get too far away from that core that grounds you.
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Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
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Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.
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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
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Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o clock is a scoundrel.
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Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.
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Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.
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Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
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With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.
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You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity.
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You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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Young men have more virtue than old men, they have more generous sentiments in every respect.
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Your body is an amazing creation, capable of performing great wonders, but you can destroy that miraculous machine's potential with an overdose of stress.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
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