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Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it. ↗

— Hank Ketcham

#chewing gum #enjoy #flattery #gum #like

The history of England, who has always dealt most harshly with her vanquished foe in the few European wars in which she has taken part in modern times, gives us Germans an idea of the fate in store for us if defeated. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#dealt #defeated #england #european #fate

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. ↗

— Ralph Bunche

#firm resolve #gear #hard #make #must

The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world. ↗

— Ralph Bunche

#free world #great #great hope #hope #nations

We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less. ↗

— Ralph Bunche

#better #better world #country #dreaming #everything

I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week. I think a lot of people get pregnant and decide they can turn into garbage disposals. I was mindful about what I ate, and I gained only 30 pounds. ↗

— Gisele Bundchen

#ate #before #benjamin #born #days

I was never able to convince myself that there was a cost-free alternative course, as from 1961, or that any of the different strategies since proposed, especially those involving stronger military action, would have made sense. ↗

— William P. Bundy

#action #alternative #any #convince #course

Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent? ↗

— Basil Bunting

#consent #madness #make #make up #moment

I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#autograph #because #box #day #going

I love shopping, especially food shopping. ↗

— Emma Bunton

#food #i #i love #love #shopping