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What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? ~Lin Yutang



To teach is to learn twice. ~Joseph Joubert, Pensees, 1842



Will localizes us; thought universalizes us. ~Henri Frederic Amiel



Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price. ~Napoleon Hill



Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this: That you are dreadfully like other people. ~James Russell Lowell, "Democracy Address," Birmingham, England, 6 October 1884



I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~e.e. cummings



I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large bell-jar with as much money as he wanted and see how long he lasted. ~Amory Lovins



The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. ~Elbert Hubbard, The Notebook, 1927



The number of shots taken by an opponent who is out of sight is equal to the square root of the sum of the number of curses heard plus the number of swishes. ~Michael Green, The Art of Coarse Golf, 1975



Dear Lord, help me to break even. I need the money. ~Author Unknown



Jealousy is the great exaggerator. ~Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, The Conspiracy of Fiesco, 1783



Life is the sum of all your choices. ~Albert Camus



Is man one of God's blunders, or is God one of man's blunders? ~Friedrich Nietzsche



You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older. ~Lillian Gish



Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold. ~Judith Olney



I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. ~Jesse Owens



All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason. ~John Henry Cardinal Newman



The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. ~Brendan Behan



As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it's leaning against the right building. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.



A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb