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: A major cause of problems is solutions |
: A major cause of problems is solutions |
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: Any fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something '''simple'''. [[Pete Seeger]] |
: Any fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something '''simple'''. [[Pete Seeger]] |
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: There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them. [[Eugene Chadbourne]] |
: There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them. [[Eugene Chadbourne]] |
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: I've been called worse by better people. [[Pierre Trudeau]] |
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: Beware of '''false knowledge'''; it is more dangerous than ignorance. [[George Bernard Shaw]] |
: Beware of '''false knowledge'''; it is more dangerous than ignorance. [[George Bernard Shaw]] |
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: A '''politician''' thinks of the next election; a '''statesman''' thinks of the next generation. [[James Freeman Clarke]] |
: A '''politician''' thinks of the next election; a '''statesman''' thinks of the next generation. [[James Freeman Clarke]] |
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: Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. [[J. Paul Getty]] |
: Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. [[J. Paul Getty]] |
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: It's not that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem. [[G. K. Chesterton]] |
: It's not that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem. [[G. K. Chesterton]] |
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: When life hands you a [[Lemon#Varieties|lemon]], make [[lemonade]] |
: When life hands you a [[Lemon#Varieties|lemon]], make [[lemonade]] |
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: If you want to get someone's attention, whisper |
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: If you can't convince them, confuse them. [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] |
: If you can't convince them, confuse them. [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] |
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: No individual '''raindrop''' ever considers itself responsible for the '''flood''' |
: No individual '''raindrop''' ever considers itself responsible for the '''flood''' |
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: Nothing is impossible for those who don't have to do it themselves |
: Nothing is impossible for those who don't have to do it themselves |
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: There is no gesture more devasting than the back turning away |
: There is no gesture more devasting than the back turning away |
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: The pope? How many [[Division (military)|divisions]] has he got? [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] |
: The pope? How many [[Division (military)|divisions]] has he got? [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] |
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: You cannot know where I have to go until you know where I've been |
: You cannot know where I have to go until you know where I've been [[Wiktionary:somebody#Pronoun|Somebody]] |
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: The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention. [[Orson Wells]] |
: The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention. [[Orson Wells]] |
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: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. [[Niels Bohr]] to [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] |
: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. [[Niels Bohr]] to [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] |
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: The truth is more important than the facts. [[Frank Lloyd Wright|Wright]] |
: The truth is more important than the facts. [[Frank Lloyd Wright|Wright]] |
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: Liberty doesn't work as well in practise as it does in speeches. [[Will Rogers]] |
: Liberty doesn't work as well in practise as it does in speeches. [[Will Rogers]] |
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: Money must serve, not rule. [[Pope Francis]] |
: Money must serve, not rule. [[Pope Francis]] |
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: Sometimes You're the '''Windshield''', Sometimes You're the '''Bug'''! [[Smallville (season 1)#Episodes|Bug Boy]] |
: Sometimes You're the '''Windshield''', Sometimes You're the '''Bug'''! [[Smallville (season 1)#Episodes|Bug Boy]] |
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: Character, like a [[Photographic processing|photograph]], develops in darkness. |
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: Anything too stupid to be said is sung. [[Voltaire]] |
: Anything too stupid to be said is sung. [[Voltaire]] |
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: It's superficial till it comes and bites you in the ass. [[Wiktionary:nobody#Pronoun|Nobody]] |
: It's superficial till it comes and bites you in the ass. [[Wiktionary:nobody#Pronoun|Nobody]] |
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: Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the f... happened |
: Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the f... happened |
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: There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] |
: There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] |
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: I don't know what a [[Tea cosy|tea cozy]] is but I want one. [[Anne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode)|Buffy]] |
: I don't know what a [[Tea cosy|tea cozy]] is but I want one. [[Anne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode)|Buffy]] |
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