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For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much - anticipated vacation.
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For support, I fall back on my heart. Has a man any fault a woman cannot weave with and try to change into something better, if the god her man prays to is a mother holding a baby?
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For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
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For the tourist's
brown pennies scattered at the old church door,
the ragged papooses jump, and bite the dust.Indian Reservation: Caughnawaga (1983) -
For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
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For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes.
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For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.
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Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
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Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
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France was a long despotism tempered by epigrams.
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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.
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Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.
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Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.
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Getting on a popular, long-running show like 'Happy Days' is the actor's equivalent of winning the lottery.
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Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a lesbian.
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Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world.
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God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it's much easier with Him by our side.
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Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.
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