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sin.
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betterment of life.
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-- Ambrose Bierce "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." (Thomas Jefferson) An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for
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-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
-- Clifton Fadiman Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
-- Albert Einstein A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
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-- Author Unknown By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total
disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost
a fortune The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
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Whoever controls the media--the images--controls the culture.
-- Allen Ginsberg "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." (Thomas Jefferson) When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims
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Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In
this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
-- Marianne Williamson If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man
will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
-- Henry Ford A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
-- Carl Sandburg My wife says if I go fishing one more time she's going to leave me. Gosh, I'm going to miss her. When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.
-- Portnoy, character in "Outland," comic strip by Berkely Breathed Localities If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson I read the book of Job last night - I don't think God comes out well in it.
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Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and
illiterate sport fishermen.
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-- Will Rogers I hate work. That's why I got married.
-- Peg Bundy, character on "Married with Children," U.S. television show Localities "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." (Chinese Proverb) One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.
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