The lightning-bug is brilliant, but he hasn't any mind; He stumbles through existence with his headlight on behind. - Eugene Fitch Ware

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Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.

Eugene Fitch Ware

The lightning-bug is brilliant, but he hasn't any mind; He stumbles through existence with his headlight on behind.

Brilliant, Bugs, Existence, Lightning, Mind, Stumbles

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Life is a game of whist. From unseen sources The cards are shuffled, and the hands are dealt. I do not like the way the cards are shuffled, But yet I like the game and want to play.

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Man builds no structure which outlives a book.

Book, Builds, Man, Men, Outlives, Structure

Human hopes and human creeds; have their root in human needs.

Creeds, Hopes, Needs, Root, Roots

All glory comes from daring to begin.

Begin, Business, Courage, Daring, Glory, Motivation

No town can hope prosperity and trade, unless the press shall vigorously aid.

Aid, Aids, Prosperity, Town, Towns

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The marketplace measurement in politics is something called an election. It's a pretty good barometer - it's transparent, it's numerical, it's objective. It gives you a pretty good measure of what your customers think of you. And in 2006 and 2008, the marketplace was telling the Republicans, We prefer the products and services of your competitors. And so when you're losing market share, you step back and say, What can we do differently?

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Justin Trudeau

I think there was something started under my father that I appreciate that it's time to end, and I like the symmetry of me being the person who actually turns the clock back so that we can have a Prime Minister's Office and, indeed, a democracy, that actually respects what voters say and is open and transparent. Because, not only does it matter to gain people's trust, but it matters for quality public policy and governance, and that's why we're committed to open and transparent government.

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Arabella Weir

If I'm hunting down gifts, I like to buy locally.

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Robert A. Heinlein

Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.

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Philip James Bailey

The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.

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