If you want to beat me up, feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself.

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Dirksen's three laws of politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.

Everett Dirksen

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three , laws , get

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Never judge a work of art by its defects.

Washington Allston

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never , judge , work

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The powerful are never faithful and the rich are seldom.

Vikrant Parsai

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powerful , never , faithful

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This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law.

John Yoo

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condone , which , still

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Everything I do sort of goes wrong but I always sort of get away with it.

Iain Stirling

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everything , sort , goes

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When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules.

Charles Kennedy

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power , result , rigidity

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True happiness... Is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Helen Keller

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The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!

Rupert Everett

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Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.

Vaclav Havel

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hope

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I enjoy the sea more than I enjoy surfing.

Ben Howard

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enjoy , sea , more

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I try to create a cuisine that reflects the nature surrounding us, it should represent this very moment in time.

Claus Henriksen

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try , create , cuisine , reflects , nature

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I do believe that education should become as close to free as possible.

Sal Khan

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believe , education , should

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I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.

Cecelia Ahern

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We're gonna have to sweeten some of these jokes. That's a showbiz term for "add sugar to".

Mitch Hedberg

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gonna , some , showbiz , term , sugar

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Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

Desi Arnaz

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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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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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"For example" is not proof.

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

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"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

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"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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If you want to beat me up, feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself.

– John Edwards –

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