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To be a good friend remember that we are human magnets: that like attracts like and that as we give we get.
I would say the damage here is much more [than the tsunami], the magnitude of the calamity here is much more
The true problem of living is to keep our hearts sweet and gentle in the hardest conditions and experiences.
Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.
There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class.
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
God, who prepares His work through ages, accomplishes it when the hour is come, with the feeblest instruments.
The politicians of New York...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.
Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else.
Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.
What we need to envision the future, ... stop thinking about the present and saying, 'Let's put a Band-Aid here.
The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.
The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.
It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back
Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.
The spider is the chamberlain in the Palace of the Caesars The owl is the trumpeter on the battlements of Afrasiyah.
The only difference between your abilities and others is the ability to put yourself in their shoes and actually try.
So there is a natural efficiency that you pick up as you can prioritize capital across a bigger set of opportunities.
How wisely fate ordain'd for human kind Calamity! which is the perfect glass, Wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
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.
In the next century it will be the early mechanical bird which get the first plastic worm out of the artificial grass.
Maybe the answer to Selective Service is to start everyone off in the army and draft them for civilian life as needed.
Who's going to manage (health savings accounts)?. It's not going to be your local accountant, it's going to be Fidelity.
What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It's the end of a phase which began in 2002.
The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.
The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees.
The committee has an obligation to give you a choice. The members have the obligation and the right to make that choice.
Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the hand of a despot.
Pipe-smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling and fooling with their pipes, they don't have time to get into mischief.
The nature of our constitution makes eloquence more useful and more necessary in this country than in any other in Europe.
Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It's not about kids and their choices. It's about parents and their choices.
We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour Assures not another. The will and the power Are diverse.
Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery.
If you think that one individual can't make a difference in the world, consider what one cigar can do in a nine-room house.
Western audiences can gain an impression of China from my films. This is an excellent channel for promoting China`s culture.
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.
Know, he that foretells his own calamity, and makes events before they come, twice over, doth endure the pains of evil destiny.
Occasionally we sigh for an earlier day when we could just look at the stars without worrying whether they were theirs or ours.
The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.
Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.
The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.