I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.

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Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.

Wadah Khanfar

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al , known , arab

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Your success has to be measured against yourself - a decade ago, last year, or yesterday.

Michael Gerber

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your , success , measured

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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

Wendell Berry

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ourselves , learn , better

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No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve: ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world.

William Shakespeare

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deep , nor , wide , church , ask

Facts

In the early 1900's, lobster was considered the "cockroach of the ocean and was synonymous with the poor often eaten regularly by the homeless, slaves and prisoners. It wasn't until after world war ii that lobster became considered a delicacy and a food associated with the aristocratic classes.

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early , lobster , considered

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What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

Victor Hugo

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beauty

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The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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power , basis , never

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Butterflies taste with their feet.

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Price is what you pay, but value, as Warren Buffett has observed, is what you get.

Kelly Evans

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price , warren

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Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends.

Sigmund Freud

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sadism , right , should

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My lips are a lot thinner than what makeup artists usually create, because they make them almost graphic.

Lindsey Wixson

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lips , lot , thinner

Proverbs

Don't kill the man at the count's desire.

Spanish Proverb

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man

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I used to want the words "she tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "she did it."

Katherine Dunham

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used , want , words , now

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Happiness is like time and space-we make and measure it ourselves; it is as fancy, as big, as little, as you please, just a thing of contrasts and comparisons.

George Du Maurier

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happiness , like , time , make , measure

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In the end money speaks, talent walks. It's a sad day for opera.

Norman Lebrecht

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end , money , talent , sad , day

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"Darth vader" is derived from old dutch, meaning "Dark father"

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vader , derived , old

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"Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye."

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based , which , nothing

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"Eating crow" is an old expression defined by the Urban Dictionary to mean "When you make a mistake and are forced to acknowledge it humbly".

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facts

Proverbs

"Fie upon thee, how black thou art!" said the kettle to the saucepan.

Danish Proverb

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how , black , thou , said , kettle

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"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first KFC outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "Eat your fingers off"

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good , had , bit

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"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "eat your fingers off".

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Proverbs

"For example" is not proof.

Yiddish Proverb

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proverbs, yiddish-proverb

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"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen."

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millions , mankind , lived

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"Force me, and I shall commit no sin," said the girl.

German Proverb

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shall , commit , said

Facts

"Fox tossing" was once a popular sport.

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tossing , once , popular

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"Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel."

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two , great , theorem

Proverbs

"Give me a push from my back" does not mean give me a hunchback.

Nigerian Proverb

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me , push , does , mean , give

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"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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"Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition."

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culture , born , good

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"Great cry and little wool," said the fool, when he sheared a pig.

German Proverb

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cry , little , said , he

I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.

– Meryl Streep –

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