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There is no safety this side of the grave


Robert A. Heinlein

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HENRY WARD BEECHER There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave To tell us this.
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and you are in the CLASSROOM.
Just...
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THOMAS S. MONSON I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix.
DEYTH BANGER Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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PIERRE DOS UTT There is no doubt that there will be layoffs of public safety employees.
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GARY F EVANS... Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy.
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GARY COMPTON Press on! for in the grave there is no work and no device. Press on! while yet you may.
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BIBLE This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There...
URSULA K. LE GUIN A rut is a grave with no ends.
ALAN LAMPKIN There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
JANE AUSTEN Death is but a passage. It is not a house, it is only a vestibule. The grave has a door on its inner...
ALEXANDER MACLAREN There is no reason to fear the tap water; we guarantee its safety.
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MARIA MITCHELL This is outrageous. This is a grave punishment.
GENRIKH PADVA Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. Proverbs 1...
BIBLE I can't even
SARAH VAN WATERSCHOOT This is like a bullet in the head, ... What do they want? There is no respect for anything or anyone...
AUGUSTO PINOCHET I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave.
SYDNEY SMITH I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave
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CLAYTON WILCOX There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profess...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is a legitimate concern there for the safety of their members.
ALLAN KUSH Just a moment ago, I was thinking of postponing my dream for tomorrow, but I decided to take a look ...
PHILIP T. M. Then trust me there's nothing like drinking, So pleasant on this side of the grave: It keeps the un...
CHARLES DIBDIN Then trust me there's nothing like drinking, So pleasant on this side of the grave: It keeps the unh...
CHARLES DIBDIN There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
CALVIN COOLIDGE There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time
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DAVID FOSTER WALLACE There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things.
SOURCE UNKNOWN There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.
PINK FLOYD You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES We are now at a point where patients across the county are at risk. There is no safety net.
LYNN STEDD Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM GAP is for it. They have no money to invest on this side because it's this side.
JAMES CLARK Mother Superior jump the gun...
-The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun
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LYNN GUMPERT No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave
MARK TWAIN This is horrifying conduct. No matter what side of the aisle you sit on.
LARRY POZNER Hakuna mimi katika umoja. Kuna sisi.
ENOCK MAREGESI There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.
CHESLEY SULLENBERGER No matter what side of the law you are on, when it comes to revenge, there is no mercy.
R.J. TORBERT No business could survive this trend without grave consequences to its operation.
JOE RAYMOND I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life...
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BILLY BOB THORNTON Most public safety folks don't have a clue what's going on with the agricultural side.
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PAMELA DEAN In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I came, I saw, she conquered."
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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Live and learn, or you don't live long.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodn...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There is no such thing as "Just a cat.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none;...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want....
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Television leaves no external scars.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings bec...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Dress yourself in heavy fishing waders, put on an overcoat and boxing gloves and a bucket over your ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Library science was the foundation of all sciences.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The Mother Thing makes our world.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN More depended on the student than on the school.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Daddy says that, in a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.
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