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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 best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
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It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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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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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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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
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Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you're supervised or not finish a job once it's started carry money without spending it and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It's cruel, it's brutal, it's inhumane, and most people don't want it.
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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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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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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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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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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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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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