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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

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SO the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, Loneliness is the ultimate poverty
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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana -- if it's prescribed by a physician. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they're alike. They're both wonderful as long as they last.
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The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
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Kids grow up awfully fast these days,she said. You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
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Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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You could move.' ---Dear Abby responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.
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I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
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If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.
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Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.
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Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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