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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." »Chinese
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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." »Chinese Proverb
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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials." »Chinese Proverb
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"I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum." »Frances Willard
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"Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine." »Henry David Thoreau
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"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum." »Frances Willard
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"On a good day, I view the job of president as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch-engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction." »A Bartlett Giamatti
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"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." »Carl Zwanzig
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"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together." »Carl Zwanzig
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"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together..." »Carl Zwanzig
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"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together ..." »Carl Zwanzig
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"One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop." »G. Weilacher
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"One only needs two tools in life WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop." »G. Weilacher
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"No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch." »Leo Buscaglia
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"Modern war has decimated many a country; but it has always spawned millions of bureaucrats. They fatten on shortages and thrive on trouble. Peace can never offer such opportunities for exercising petty tyrannies, using red tape to regiment the individual and making life generally unpleasant." »Paul Tabori, _The Natural Science of Stupidity_. (New York: ChiltonCompany, 1960), p. 104.
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"...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."" »Tom Robbins, _Skinny Legs and All_, 1990, p. 305.
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