Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

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We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
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I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.
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If people knew how KFC treats its chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick.
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Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.
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I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
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I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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I came in prepared for the rest of the year to kind of not have expectations of the outcome of the games -- just to go with what happened. The game itself, especially the second half, was terrific.
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I want to stretch myself as much as I can whilst I can, just work and try all different things and have a good time.
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Despite all the progress climate scientists have made in understanding the risks we run by loading the atmosphere with CO2, the world is still as addicted to fossil fuels as ever.
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I grew up in Northern California on the peninsula. It was a beautiful house, but it was very traditional. It wasn't midcentury modern. I'm talking 1970s, early '80s - design didn't even go 'Wall Street' until, like, 1986.
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There is the before. And then there is the after. Happiness is what you choose, what you follow, not what follows you. These are the things I have seen, these are the things I now know, these are the things I will carry with me as I go.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.