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"Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing." »Edmund Burke
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"He that Promises most will perform least." »Gaelic Proverb
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"The President has kept all of the Promises he intended to keep." »George Stephanopolous
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"Magnificent Promises are always to be suspected." »Theodore Parker
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"Broken Promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they believe me" »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough Promises to go around." »Ronald Reagan
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"Some Promises are better left unsaid" »Ashlee Simpson, In her album Autobiography.
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"One must have a good memory to be able to keep the Promises one makes." »Friedrich Nietzsche
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"One should always be wary of anyone who Promises that their love will last longer than a weekend." »Quentin Crisp
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"Unless commitment is made, there are only Promises and hopes... but no plans." »Peter Drucker
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"Gambling Promises the poor what property performs for the rich--something for nothing." »George Bernard Shaw
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"Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit." »Francis Marion
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"Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy Promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them." »Thomas Fuller
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"You can make those Promises with just as much passion the second time around. Such is the regenerative power of the human heart." »Marion Wink
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"Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits." »William Shakespeare
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"It is a curious thing... that every creed Promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste." »Evelyn Waugh
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"It is a curious thing ... that every creed Promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste." »Evelyn Waugh
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"My strong point is not rhetoric, it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises-those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth." »Richard Milhous Nixon
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"When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don't like does it, he is a liar who has broken his Promises." »Franklin P. Adams
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"The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have Promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep." »Robert Frost
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"The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbook-it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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"When life seems chaotic, you don't need people giving you easy answers or cheap Promises. There might not be any answers to your problems. What you need is a safe place where you can bounce with people who have taken some bad hops of their own." »Real Live Preacher
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"Check out the Declaration of Independence You think it Promises happiness No no no, it talks about the pursuit of happiness. The PURSUIT We've become a nation of wimps We think we're entitled to everything, we want to legislate ourselves into some cozy little cocoon. Well, forget it, Nature Boy. There are no guarantees. Life is nasty, brutish, and short." »Jeff Melvoin
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