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Quote by John Burroughs
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. – John Burroughs

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When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast. – John Burroughs

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In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. – Robert Greene Ingersoll, “The New Testament,” Some Reasons Why, 1881

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Evolution is a bankrupt speculative philosophy, not a scientific fact. Only a spiritually bankrupt society could ever believe it. Only atheists could accept this Satanic theory. – Jimmy Swaggart

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To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society. – Margaret Oliphant

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Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline. – Michel Foucault

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I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. Im always itching to get back in the car. Its going to get harder, so Ive got to make sure that Im doing everything I possibly can do to make sure I can start next season how I ended this season. – Dan Wheldon

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I never work just to work. Its some combination of laziness and self-respect. – Harold Ramis

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Love, and a cough, cannot be hid. – George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum, 1651

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I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, Ill make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads. – James Caan

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