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A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a per

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity. – Jeremy Taylor

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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows. – Jeremy Taylor

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It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not. – Jeremy Taylor

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You cant get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If youve got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? Its the fat! – Jack LaLanne

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Making checklists of things youre looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee youll be alone forever. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to make sure I dont go alone. – John Dingell

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Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up. – Pearl S. Buck

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There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control. – Ellen Tauscher

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