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trees, unlike so many humans, always improve on acquaintance. No matter how much you like them at the start you are sure… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
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It is easy to make acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are found, after we… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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Obama is correct in saying that the world is ready for someone like him ... a messiah-like figure, charismatic and glib ...… — Hal Lindsey Copy Share Image
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I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years. For this… — Eugen Herrigel Copy Share Image
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
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our acquaintances—not our friends—are our greatest source of new ideas and information. the internet lets us exploit the power of these kinds… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
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PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. [T]he Past is… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Man comes from a drop of semen and leaves as a piece of dust. He doesn't know when he came and he… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
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