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His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.


Mark Twain

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OSCAR WILDE An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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AMR MOUSSA If you can't do it today, You can not do it in your whole life! Do it NOW!
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ED MCCOMISKEY Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
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