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-- Ziggy, character in comic strip by Tom Wilson What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is
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A man who marries a woman to educate her falls a victim to the same fallacy as the woman who
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-- Hyman Rickover Industries
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
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A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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-- Fran Lebowitz Industries
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-- Cher Industries
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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