Aaron Shepard Quotes

And this, they say, is how thirteen became the “baker’s dozen”—a custom common for over a century, and alive in some places to this day.

Aaron Shepard

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Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'

Rand Paul
- Good
- Military
- Liberals
I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football.

Tamara Tunie
- Food
- Rest
- Football
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

Mahatma Gandhi
- Religion
- Matter
- Own
I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.

Abraham Lincoln
- Life
- School
- Remember
I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn't English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese.

F. Sionil Jose
- Writing
- History
- English
Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

Baltasar Gracian
- People
- You
- Beginnings