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If police are upset about an individual wearing pig socks, they need to understand why those socks exist in the first place. — Kenny Stills Copy Share Image
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If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
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for 100,000 (dollars), you [can] flatten a house with a wrecking ball. Imagine how much less it [takes] to destroy something than… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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False casting for practice is the best way to achieve the feel of the line in the air, but in actual fishing,… — Joe Brooks Copy Share Image
I nudged myself closer to the ledge and closed my eyes and thought 'Oh what a life this is, why do we… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
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Blowing all your 80 candles is as difficult as taking the first place in Marathon. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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When you keep God in first place, He will take you to places you've never dreamed of — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
The first place I try to go when I have free time is the museums. I'm a big museum person. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
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Marriage is not merely sharing the fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
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