Quotes 181 till 200 of 10185.
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And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.
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Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath.
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
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Anyone looking for a beautiful woman, good and intelligent, do not try one but three.
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.
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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.
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At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
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Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.
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Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.
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Between the famous and the infamous there is but one step.
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Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
Al de mooie paarden (1992) 244
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