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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It is not enough to prove something, one has also to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man of knowledge should learn how to speak his wisdom: and often in such a way that it sounds like folly!
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We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.
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Do not follow after the past; do not go forward to meet the future. Instead, just rest the mind naturally in the present awareness.
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.
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Mastery of the German language and the acceptance of our legal system has to become part of the criteria for naturalization.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
