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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We've put huge resources into predicting tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. HIV/AIDS is like an earthquake that's lasted 30 years and touched every country on the planet. We have such incredible capacity to think about the future, it's time we used it to predict biological threats. Otherwise we'll be blindsided again and again.
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President Obama has piled on more taxes, more regulations, more debt for future generations and higher health care costs - hurting our Main Street economy.
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I'm definitely a vintage collector. I have a wardrobe of core basics that I like to spice up with different colors, new accessories, and I love to try on new things to invite something different. I find, with every new stage of my life, my self-image shifts with new duties and responsibilities, and so does my fashion style.
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Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile-smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all-do it for peace. So let us radiate peace...and extinguish in the world and in the hearts of all men all hatred and love for power.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
