The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Proverbs

"Age before beauty," said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.

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"Ahu" are stone platforms on which many moai sit. There are 313 known ahu and 125 of these carry moai. The biggest, Ahu Tongariki is 220 m (720 ft), and had the most (15) and tallest moai.

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Proverbs

"All freight lightens," said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.

German Proverb

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Facts

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting."

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science , either , physics

Proverbs

"Almost a hit," said the boy as he threw the stone at his dog and hit his stepmother's leg.

Danish Proverb

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Proverbs

"Almost" and "About" prevent lying.

French Proverb

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prevent

Proverbs

"Almost" never killed a fly.

English Proverb

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never , fly

Proverbs

"An egg is an egg," said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.

German Proverb

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egg , said , he , took

Facts

"Android" is gender specific.

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"Ascension Thursday" is 40 days after Easter and is when Christ was said to have ascended to heaven.

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Proverbs

"Away with you, be a peddlar, a knave," says the hangman to his man.

German Proverb

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Proverbs

"Bad company," said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.

Dutch Proverb

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said , he , between , hangman

Proverbs

"But" is a fence over which few leap.

German proverb

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fence , over , which , few

Proverbs

"Come and I'll tell you something," tickles the ear.

African Proverb

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tell , you

Proverbs

"Come see me" and "Come live with me" are two different things.

Virgin Islander Proverb

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see , live , two , different

Quotes

By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway.

Dave Van Ronk

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Proverbs

As honest as a cat when the meat is out of reach.

Irish Proverb

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honest , cat , meat , out

Proverbs

Honey catches most flies.

Latin Proverb

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honey , most

Quotes

I'm having everything. I'm a vegetarian, too. But in my mother's house, I eat whatever I'm served.

Andy Kaufman

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having , eat , whatever

Quotes

There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.

George Steiner

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something , terribly , wrong , culture , noise

Proverbs

The toothless man envies those who can eat well.

Latin Proverb

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Quotes

The more of himself man attributes to god, the less he has left in himself.

Karl Marx

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more , himself , man , attributes , less

Quotes

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.

Leslie Caron

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break , out , system

Quotes

I never did a convention before I did 'The Hobbit.'

Dean O'Gorman

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Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.

John Legend

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I'm having a good time, but I think a lot of other people aren't.

Hillary Clinton

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having , good , think , lot , other

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I just like to build things and do things.

Andrew Mason

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just , like , build

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Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.

David Ogilvy

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political , advertising , ought

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America - it's the best and the worst.

Ronny Chieng

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america , best

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The army is the poison and the people are the water in which the poison is mixed.

Vietnamese Proverb

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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

– Michel de Montaigne –

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