Publilius Syrus Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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Angels possess greater powers than do human beings.
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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
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The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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I love snacks, but I'm kind of growing out of them. I'm getting into fruit and Clif Bars.
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I was very quiet at college and had a certain group of friends.
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The region west of the Mississippi continued in the popular mind to be a strange land for which the reports of explorers and travellers did the work of fiction, and Cooper's Prairie had few followers.
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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We seem to think we have some control over this planet.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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Just as we have two eyes and two feet, duality is part of life.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.
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Working-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.
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In the little town where I live in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, we now have a 'Public Safety Complex' around the corner from what used to be our hokey Andy Griffith-esque fire station.
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The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is never used to explain table manners or road safety or gardening, only sex. Anyway, it was bad Darwinism. Taking the example of a monkey and applying it to yourself misses the point that animal behaviour is made for the benefit of the species, not as an excuse for the individual. Being incapable of sustaining a stable pair and supporting children is really not in the interests of our species. Neither is it really in the best interests of the philanderer.
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We all have our levels of risk tolerance. People who have decided they want to go to space are going to go.
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One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
