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English, our common language, binds our diverse people.


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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.



We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square.

We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square.



It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.



Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.



In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.



The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.

The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.



Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society.

Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society.



Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.

Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.



Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place.

Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place.



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You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.





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Women know not the whole of their coquetry.



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Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.



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If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul.



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Amidst all of these flashing lights I pray the fame won't take my life.



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If people eat healthy food, they will save enough to compensate for the food price being healthier and spending less on healthcare.



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The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol.



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Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.


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