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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unle

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. – Dave Barry

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Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. – Dave Barry

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Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes. – Dave Barry

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Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. – Dave Barry

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In violence we forget who we are. – Mary McCarthy

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I object to violence because, when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. – Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948), in Young India, 1925

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Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet. – Daniel Webster

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Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. – Abraham Lincoln

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