I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop. And if we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves, and our friends will experience a friendly and peaceful atmosphere as well. This can be experienced community to community, country to country, continent to continent. - Dalai Lama

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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

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The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.

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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. — John F. Kennedy

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Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing -- instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.

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The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.

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It is not the object described that matters, but the light that falls on it.

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Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.

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Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? ― Thomas Sowell

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Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune. -Donald Trump

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