So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the same time.
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LYDIA LUNCH The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.
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GARY F EVANS... Power is neither good nor evil, but its user makes it so.
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SHELLEN LUBIN Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.
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ALICE HYDE Cement sales resumed to customers on Sunday, February 26 after the problem was identified and resolv...
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ALICE HYDE My mom is cool and my mom will treat you right.
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DOUGLAS HYDE We've got really great story here in New London. We should tell it.
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BRUCE HYDE The French were very, very responsive. Absolutely, we might invite the president of France.
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BRUCE HYDE One of the challenges is there are so many different groups jockeying for what is perceived to be a ...
BRUCE HYDE Lake Champlain is the most under-marketed gem of a resource. First and foremost I want to use this a...
BRUCE HYDE I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried.
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BRIAN HYDE Getting the lead was very important. I wanted the kids to get some confidence.
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HENRY HYDE The founding fathers gave the House of Representatives one function when it comes to cleansing the o...
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DOUGLAS HYDE He took the keys to a customer's car, went out but was unable to unlock the car door,
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HENRY HYDE to emphasize the statements made under oath.
HENRY HYDE the series of checks and balances that exemplify the genius of our founding fathers.
HENRY HYDE the legal issues have been resolved.
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WENDELL PIERCE A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're ...
WENDELL PIERCE The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
WENDELL PIERCE What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflec...
WENDELL PIERCE The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, w...
WENDELL PIERCE And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and com...
WENDELL PIERCE The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided ...
WENDELL PIERCE Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
WENDELL PIERCE With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
FRANKLIN PIERCE I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches.
PIERCE BROSNAN Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human.
PIERCE BROSNAN Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond: there is no question about that. But it's a different Bond. I...
PIERCE BROSNAN You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issu...
PIERCE BROSNAN There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond o...
CHARLIE PIERCE Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.
PIERCE BROSNAN Daja: "He and Rosethorn work together? They hate each other."
Lark: "I didn't say they liked i...
TAMORA PIERCE Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.
Aly rolled her eyes. Wh...
TAMORA PIERCE Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you eve...
TAMORA PIERCE I--buy, and I sell."
"You're a thief.
TAMORA PIERCE George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think...
TAMORA PIERCE Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she...
TAMORA PIERCE You're more trouble than you're worth."
"I'm a girl. That's my job.
TAMORA PIERCE This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's ro...
TAMORA PIERCE I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.
PIERCE BROWN Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.
TAMORA PIERCE The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her fri...
TAMORA PIERCE You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brigh...
PIERCE BROWN