This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

Proverbs

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

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before , said , devil , he , threw

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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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stone , platforms , which

Proverbs

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

German Proverb

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freight , said , he , threw , his

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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said , boy , he , threw , stone

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"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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gender

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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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facts

Proverbs

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

German Proverb

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hangman , his

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

Proverbs

No sword can oppose kindness.

Japanese Proverb

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Quotes

The comedy in 'Star Trek' is always very subtle, if it's there at all.

Robert Duncan McNeill

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comedy , always , very

Quotes

I guess I don't want everyone to know what I'm doing every second.

Devendra Banhart

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guess , want , everyone

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I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.

Gunter Grass

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found , words , loaded

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Throughout my life, whenever I thought I'm dancing welI, I'm not.

Hugh Grant

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throughout , whenever , thought

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You only live once, except for Shirley MacLaine.

Alan King

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only , live , except

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I had some of the students in my finance class actually do some empirical work on capital structures, to see if we could find any obvious patterns in the data, but we couldn't see any.

Merton Miller

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finance

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I can't be an arm candy to the hero. I need to play characters that have layers, that people can relate to.

Shweta Tripathi

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arm , candy , need

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I think I'm highly loveable.

Alastair Campbell

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think , highly

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I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me.

David M. Kelley

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carnegie , electrical

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Jet may have access to all the data in the world, the question is how well they can handle it.

David Herberich

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jet , may , access , data , question

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The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated.

Johann Georg Hamann

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thirst , vengeance , beautiful

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Energy wise, playing the drums was a lot of fun; I just felt like it was a natural fit for me.

Hank Williams III

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energy , playing , drums

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Some say it will bring war to the heavens, but its purpose is to deter war, in the heavens and on earth.

Ronald Reagan

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some , will , bring

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And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.

Black Elk

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he , spoke , looked

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

– Louise Slaughter –

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