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The point I have been patiently trying to make," Godwin said impatiently, "is that you expect far too much of a first sentence.
Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want i...
The point is plain as a pike-staff. -- John Byrom (1691-1763) -- Epistle to a Friend
The point is...that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad.
You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later....
The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields for society.
Such a school demands from the teache...
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
-- Bertrand Russell -- The Philosophy...
The poison of love so pure, it's deceiving...
The police are not there to create disorder. The police are there to preserve disorder.
-- The late Richard J. Daly, Mayor of the city of Chicago...
The polite thing to do has always been to address people as they wish to be addressed, to treat them in a way they think dignified.
But it is equally important to accept and tolerate different standa...
The politician is someone who deals in man's problems of adjustment.
To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog....
The Politician's Diet: Crow, Limburger and hogwash.

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