A penny saved is two pence clear.
Benjamin Franklin
Recitation: by Male by Female
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
John le Carre
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We are an important check on the powers of the executive. Our consent is necessary for the president to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and, in many respects, to conduct foreign policy. Whether we are of the same party, we are not the president's subordinates. We are his equal!
John McCain
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I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.
Michael Caine
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I'm a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough.
Stephen Fry
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Balancing an illustrator and author can be tricky, but I was an illustrator mostly before I wrote my books.
Tony DiTerlizzi
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The Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn't want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they didn't know who I was. And once many party bigwigs did get to know me, they weren't sure that I could win the seat.
Michele Bachmann
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It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'
Jason Dohring
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There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.
Jose Saramago
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Life will continue on the other side of the veil.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
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My first four albums covered the usual youth problems - looking for love in all the wrong places - while the next five are basically about being in your 30s.
Joni Mitchell
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I worked for 'The Chronicle' in San Francisco, and immigration is a big issue in that region.
Jose Antonio Vargas
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On the one hand, I'm grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid.
Christopher Durang
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