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A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an arg

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. – Stephen Leacock

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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. – Stephen Leacock

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Its called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. – Stephen Leacock

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Lets put aside the politics and trust the people. Lets embrace the unique opportunity we all have take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions, knowing that were doing it to make things better for the people of Illinois. – Rod Blagojevich

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How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown? – Mary Renault

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The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter whos telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that persons own biases. – Lance Ito

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The decision is trust fund versus no more Medicaid – and that shouldnt be a tough decision. – Haley Barbour

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I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years. – Darrell Royal

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