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When a room shakes, Californians instinctively look up.
When Arthur first in court began, And was approved king.
-- Thomas Percy (1728-1811) -- Sir Launcelot du Lake...
When articles rise the consumer is the first that suffers, and when they fall he is the last that gains.
-- Colto...
When art is understood by everybody, it will cease to be art.
When a Russian citizen was interviewed, following the death of Chernenko, he began by saying, "As one of your writers said, `There are three kinds of lie
a small lie, a big lie and politics."' -- Ti...
When a sage is angry, he is no longer a sage.
When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog along to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes.
The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten. ...
When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours.
-- Vine Deloria, Jr....
When asked for his own [favourite poem], Dylan [Thomas] slowly said, "This is the best poem in the English language," and then repeated gravely and with feeling these line
I am Thou art He, she, i...
When asked if he had missed school lately, the boy said `Not a bit.`

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