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"We know that the world is not resting on the horn of a bull; we also know that it rests on the horn of lies!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them." »Homer
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"Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them." »Homer, The Odyssey
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"1. At the rise of the hand of the policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him.
2. If pedestrian obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously. If he continue to obstacle, tootle horn vigorously and utter vocal warning such as "Hi, Hi."
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5. Beware of greasy corner where lurk skid demon. Cease step on, approach slowly, round cautiously, resume step on gradually." »from an official Japanese guide for English-speaking drivers, 1936
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"If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the 'up' button." »Sam Levenson
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"My life needs a rewinderase button. - Calvin" »Bill Watterson
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"God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things done." »Harry Emerson Fosdick
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger." »Frank Lloyd Wright
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"Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." »Charlie Parker
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"Grade school is the snooze button on the clock-radio of life." »John Rogers
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"Death is much like an alarm clock
except there is never a snooze button
to give you just a moment more,
before you really have to wake." »Ronnie Rickner
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"I like to think of my best moment on the job as quiet victories. Victories over what Over the system, over the various bureaucracies not watching me, over my colleagues' indifference, over my patron's ignorance, over the very concept of horn-blowing pride." »Paul Wiener
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"I bet when they weren't fighting, Vikings with horn helmets had to stick potatoes on the ends of the horns, so as to avoid eye pokings to fellow Vikings and lady Vikings." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"Instead of raising your hand to ask a question in class, how about individual push buttons on each desk That way, when you want to ask a question, you just push the button and it lights up a corresponding number on a tote board at the front of the class. Then all the professor has to do is check the lighted number against a master sheet of names and numbers to see who is asking the question." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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