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“I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law.”
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“The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.”
Source : Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”
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“I would say to any young black , if you get a job and you're asked to work 100%, then you work 125% and don't complain about it. The moment you complain about it, then you don't really want to work. Always do more than you're asked to do and you'll get far in life - and that applies to all youth.”
Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
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“Why is it not possible to build a church in Saudi Arabia where as we in the Netherlands have almost 500 mosques being built; why is it not possible to buy or sell a Bible in any Muslim or most of the Muslim countries, whereas we can buy a Koran here on every street corner? This is the exact example of the fact that Islam is an intolerant society.”
Source : Source: www.parlementairemonitor.nl
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“O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.”
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“Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.”
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“We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.”
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“In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.”
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“The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the burning of desire for gain is itself a pit of fire, while drowning in greedy love is itself a bitter sea. The moment thoughts are pure, fierce flames become a pond; the moment you become aware, the boat has arrived on the further shore. If your thoughts vary at all, your world will immediately differ, so can we not be careful?”
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“Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.”
Source : Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.1118, Vintage
