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Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing i

Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum. – Vance Havner

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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. – Vance Havner

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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps — we must step up the stairs. – Vance Havner

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Goals
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You havent lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide. – Vance Havner

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We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. – Bryan White

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Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. – Author and exact wording unknown, I’ve been told this was quoted by Paul H

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K is for “Kenghis Khan.” He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere. – Harlan Ellison, From A to Z in the Chocolate Alphabet

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The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. – Cyril Connolly

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Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with. – Proverb

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Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. Theres something wrong with that. – Donna Brazile

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