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In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. ↗

— Mark Twain

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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. ↗

— Mark Twain

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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. ↗

— Mark Twain

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If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. ↗

— Mark Twain

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I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn't good. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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