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A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
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Know, he that foretells his own calamity, and makes events before they come, twice over, doth endure the pains of evil destiny.
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In the midst of life we are in debt.
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The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.
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Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind's and God's.
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Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.
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I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth.
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It's always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established.. in the heart of the Islamic world.
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Kids don't talk like adults, but kids on the spectrum don't necessarily fall into the same patterns of speaking or have the same interests as other kids their age.
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The fact is that I loved being in England.
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Most of us wait until we're in trouble, and then we pray like the dickens. Wonder what would happen if, some morning, we'd wake up and say, Anything I can do for You today, Lord?
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Salinger is a master of the memorable detail, the seemingly random gesture, the debris of mundane daily operations, the stuff that is left out of any analysis.
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Look for strength in people, not weakness for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
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A decision of the courts decided that the game of golf may be played on a Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.
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The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.
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IF you torture a single chicken and are caught, you're likely to be arrested. If you scald thousands of chickens alive, you're an industrialist who will be lauded for your acumen.
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I think I can say without fear of contradiction that we could generate sorties at an extremely high level and bring very, very effective air power to bear in support of our troops.
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Do not expect too much of the end of the world.
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There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead.
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You know when I was depressed I said I didn't want to live? Well, I'll tell you something - I didn't want to die.
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