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"I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the french from being french." »Charles De Gaulle
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"Kindness and compassion toward all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bull fighting and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence. Only when we have become nonviolent toward all life will we have learned to live well ourselves." »Cesar Chavez, letter
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"... it's simply wrong to always order kids to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned well should be fighting." »Erma Bombeck
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"Somewhere between the Angels and the french lies the rest of humanity." »Mark Twain
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"I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time". So I ordered french Toast during the Renaissance." »Steven Wright, Standup Comedy Routine
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"I don't know why you use a fancy french word like dtente when there's a good English phrase for it-cold war." »Golda Meir
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"In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language." »Mark Twain
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"In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in french I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language." »Mark Twain
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"The freedom fighters of Nicaragua ... are the moral equal of our Founding Fathers and the brave men and women of the french Resistance." »Ronald Reagan
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"It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country." »Homer
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"My wallpaper and i are fighting a duel to death. One or the other has to go." »Oscar Wilde
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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." »Plato
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"Be kind - Remember every one you meet is fighting a battle - everybody's lonesome." »Marion Parker
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"Love is everything it's cracked up to beIt really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for." »Erica Jong
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"It's the Brady Act taking manpower and crime-fighting capability off the streets." »Dennis Martin
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"'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.' I agree with the second part." »Ernest Hemingway
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"The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting." »Sun-tzu
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"Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports. . . all others are games." »Ernest Hemingway
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"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools." »Thucydides
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"Neglecting your health is the equivalent to spitting in the face of everyone fighting to stay alive and of those who have lost their fight." »Ingrid Weir
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"What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the descendant of an European, hence that strange misture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a french woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American." »Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer III: What is an American?
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"“Sure a boxer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; I once met a Headmaster called Meekin on a plane and he said:if boxers all owned doctorates then teachers would need to do a whole lot less fighting.”" »Héctor López
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"Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it french. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good." »Alice May Brock
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"Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian wine and tarragon make it french. Sour cream makes it Russian lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese garlic makes it good." »Alice May Brock
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"During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressing problems. If you think you have it tough, read history books." »Bill Maher
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"A few broken bones won't matter; you are not made of bones but of your will power, wisdom and willingness to keep fighting." »Rahul Katragadda
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"One difference between french appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken." »William Safire
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"Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting." »Maxims of Ptahhotep
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"If you must choose between two paths, either of which will bring death and defeat, then choose the path wherein you die fighting for honor and justice." »Pan Ku
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"To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." »E. E. Cummings
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