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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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If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – Stephen Leacock

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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. – Stephen Leacock

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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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What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. – John Ciardi

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We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably. – Kim Stanley Robinson

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Bronagh looks after the kids and without her the family would disintegrate… there are some things you cant discuss with anyone other than your wife. There has to be a strong bond of trust. – John Key

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