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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Look Meaning Weigh Words
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Command Commands Free Indeed
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
Choice Consists Friends Happiness
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They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

Art Beast Brave Flatterer
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There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

Dishonorable Few Few Things Misleading
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'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

Begin Common Disease Either
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When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.

Roles Society Soldiers Tendency
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Fame Great Great Souls Instinct
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Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition Makes More Need
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People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

Hands Inevitably People Time
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Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.
Art Enemy Hath Ignorance
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The most difficult idea to reconcile in war is the notion that anything is going to be solved by killing a stranger, or in risking your life for a cause anchored in some distant political arena.

Arena Cause Difficult Distant
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Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

Good Hat Honor Man
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He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Fool Himself Master Only
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In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.

Beauties Just Life May
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A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.

Careless Commonly Curious Face
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To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a noble undertaking. But so is the vigilance of the citizen who carefully examines our leaders to see if political problems are being solved by wars simply because this seems to be the easiest solution

Citizen Country Fight Leaders Life
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We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.

Citizens Colors Country Dependent
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I thought I couldn't afford to take her out and smoke as well. So I gave up cigarettes. Then I took her out and one day I looked at her and thought: 'Oh well,' and I went back to smoking again, and that was better.

Afford Again Back Better
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.

Generation Invent Own Reasons
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What we've discovered is that Americans seem to love our saucy humor.

American Discovered Humor Love
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If you can mix glamor and gags, then you can catch the audience twice over.

Audience Catch Mix Over
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I'm single. I don't have a family. I certainly don't have to work. I don't want to be the richest man in the cemetery.

Cemetery Certainly Family Man
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I don't do something I won't enjoy just for the money. I do it for the fun, for the joy of working.

Enjoy Fun Joy Just
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A man who fails is funny... if my sketches teach anything, it is that, for the male, sex is a snare and a delusion. What's so corrupting about that?

Anything Delusion Fails Funny
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I don't covet images or belongings. My television set and video are rented, any paintings aren't worth a fortune, and money is of little interest.

Covet Fortune Images Interest
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It is time we had democratic socialism for working families, not just Wall Street billionaires.

Billionaires Democratic Families Socialism
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Democratic socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.

Create Democratic Economy Means
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.

Believes Difficult Necessarily True
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I think there are a lot of people who, when they hear the word 'socialist,' get very, very nervous.

Hear Lot Nervous People
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Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty.

America Before Citizens Existed
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We need leadership in this country, which will improve the lives of working families, the children, the elderly, the sick and the poor. We need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger.

Brings Children Country Elderly
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Finally, let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.

Black Finally Hispanic Justice
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I think it makes people in the Pentagon kind of nervous to know that chemical agents and environmental factors could cause so much damage in terms of what may happen in the future.

Agents Cause Chemical Damage
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I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.

Happy Both Children Get
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These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

Believe Care Cases Environment
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I like being in control of making all the major decisions pertaining to my projects. That's something that you don't get to do in a group. Everything has to be voted on - every minor decision.

Being Control Decision Every
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People want variety and something that is affordable.
Affordable People Something Variety
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I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach it from the idea that you have to read or you're going to suffer. There's a difference to be made - and you can make it if you read with your child.

Approach Child Difference Going
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As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn't do or be because of my color. What we see others like us do gives us permission to expand our own horizons.

Black Color Cowboys Expand
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Well, in order to become a grown man, in order to become significant in my family and significant in my children's life, I had to learn my lessons.

Become Children Family Grown
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I keep threatening to keep a formal journal, but whenever I start one it instantly becomes an exercise in self-consciousness. Instead of a journal I manage to have dozens of notebooks with bits and pieces of stories, poems, and notes. Almost every thing I do has its beginning in a notebook of some sort, usually written on a bus or train.

Beginning Bits And Pieces Dozens Every
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When a law enforcement officer apprehends an illegal immigrant, it makes no sense to simply release that individual who has been breaking our laws with no threat of sanction or penalty.

Breaking Enforcement Illegal Immigrant
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We need to break our dependency on foreign sources of oil, which leaves us at the mercy of foreign powers. To do that, we should increase domestic energy production.

Break Dependency Domestic Energy
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Unfortunately, we are finding the bureaucratic inefficiencies and red tape have a tendency to slow the efforts of individuals and communities working to rebuild.

Bureaucratic Communities Efforts Finding
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Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation.

Culture History Language Nation
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There were two very distinct voices going on in my head and I moved easily between them. One had to do with sports, street life and establishing myself as a male... The other voice, the one I had from my street friends and teammates, was increasingly dealing with the vocabulary of literature.

Between Dealing Distinct Easily
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Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else.

According Congress Else Everyone
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India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries.

Commercial Countries Deal Develop
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So many organizations have a mentoring arm, but they don't really do it. Their idea of mentoring a kid is giving them general advice. But what they need to do is read with children.

Advice Arm Children General
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