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Any fee that the county implements, it's passed onto the home buyer. When you tack on fees or you tack on taxes, all that does is raise the price of affordable housing. Joe Volpe
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A's Baseball remains one of the most affordable entertainment values in all of sports. The average ticket price in 2006 will be $25.48, which still ranks in the lower third in all of baseball. And the average ticket-price increase from 2005 to 2006 will be 7.24 percent, which is the second-lowest increase over the last six seasons and lower than the last two seasons.
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The bottom line is that we want images on PCs to become as easy to use and as ubiquitous as text is today. If digital imaging is easy, affordable and fun for consumers, we believe it will spur PC demand and contribute to the ultimate goal of creating new users and new uses for the PC platform.
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As people move to more affordable housing closer to work, it?s simply just a matter of supply and demand. They build more houses in Forsyth County because there is more available land.
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Proof of Concept testing is a critical step in the design and development process, helping to get the design job done right the first time. No vendor can afford to let customers detect problems after the switches and routers are deployed on an enterprise backbone. Neither can manufacturers afford unnecessary delays in going to market. Michael Howard
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People assume they've got to go the traditional route. But we are beginning to see a lot more affordable low-cost options.
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The more diverse we get, the more business risk we take out. From a geographical standpoint, we can stand to afford investment in China now because other parts are generating good profit.
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Debt certainly isn't always a bad thing. A mortgage can help you afford a home. Student loans can be a necessity in getting a good job. Both are investments worth making, and both come with fairly low interest rates. Jean Chatzky
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Dear sirs. I am 70 years old and able to rake my leaves and burn them in a small pile. I stand there as they burn. All my near neighbors have said it is OK with them. I have serious back pain when I try to bend and bag leaves. I can't do it without pain. I want to keep my property neat and looking nice. I can't really afford $45 to have someone rake and bag them. A lot of people are allergic to tree mold what next, do we limit the number of trees in each yard? Hoping to burn. Mary Williams
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As China reforms its economy, its leaders are finding that once the door to freedom is opened even a crack, it cannot be closed, Laura Bush
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As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that the marriage-tie should never be dissolved save for the most urgent reason. I cannot assent, however, to the doctrine that it should never be dissolved at all.
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People cannot walk 10 or 12km, but the election commission isn't putting in more polling stations.
cannot change confidence faculty president
A president who does not have the confidence of the faculty cannot change the university. Jeff Cox
cannot current demand economy goods overseas possible sustained
A possible slowdown in the U.S. economy is clear. Demand for overseas goods cannot be sustained at the current level.
cannot cut sharper
A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.
cannot devote player sacrifice time
A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training. Jahangir Khan
cannot good late moral true
Anything as good and true as that moral cannot be new at this late date.
cannot stable state unless
The state cannot become stable unless the Sunnis are involved.
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As competition continues to drive price pressure at the low end and a design and technology 'arms race' at the high end, the survival of the fittest depends more and more on economies of scales, or very carefully cut out niche markets.
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As a hockey player, it's one of the things you dread. It made me realize to be careful out there, especially when you have your back to the play.
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The big raids will be for project management staff so you need to ensure these staff are content and that means providing clear career paths and training opportunities. Many firms haven't been doing this because over the past few years they haven't felt the need to, but that is going to change with all these public sector projects.
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a very good example of a company that cares deeply about their community. Ron Hill
care decision
A will is to make a decision how you should take care of yourself. Billy Blanks
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As parents and siblings age, they are generally less able to provide quality care due to their own maturity, career demands and many other factors. Few parents ever dream that they will reach their golden years while the role of parent-care giver.
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As investors have gotten their 1099s and have seen large distributions every year, it's evolved that people are really starting to care about it now,
care coach played role saying sure
That played a big role in the game. Coach was making sure that we didn't have turnovers the whole game. He was saying to take care of the ball.
care cost dramatic expensive health increase understand
That was a concession. But we understand that health care is expensive and there has been a dramatic increase in the cost of health care.
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I'm a theater guy at heart; I love the theater. I was lucky enough to spend a good decade and a half in the New York theater community. Thomas Sadoski
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What we are doing in educating students is trying to prepare them to live more fulfilling lives for the decades after they graduate. And trying to provide a better, richer, fairer, more decent society for the generations after. Derek Bok
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My grandmother and my mom and my aunt Aurelia, my grandmother Juanita, my mom Lucia - we lived on the outskirts of a barrio in Mexico City called Tepito, and Tepito for many, many decades was the largest barrio in Mexico and perhaps even Latin America. Juan Felipe Herrera
decades responsibility staple timely
I think there's a responsibility of the publisher, of the company, to make sure the staple books that have been around for decades come out in a timely manner. Jim Lee
decade
It's been a decade now that they have been illegally polluting into the Humboldt River.
decade next
The next decade is just going to be explosive. We need to know where we are going to be five, 10, 15 years from now. Paul Williams
decade excited exciting face great opportunity since teams thomas top
It's an exciting time. It's been a decade since Thomas More has been in a conference. It's a great conference, very competitive. I think it's a great fit. We're excited about the opportunity to face some of the top teams in the country.
decade major relation
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the major international question was the relation between Islam and democracy. Noah Feldman
decade found four regularly
They were found regularly a decade ago, but they haven't been found here for four years. It's kind of a shame.
dollars million result
As a result of the campaign, we've done 27 million dollars of construction on campus.
dollars heads iron oil prices putting rising start
Prices are rising because of expectations. If we have it in our heads that oil is going to do well and we start putting dollars into it, then the prices will iron out. David Anderson
dollars quite sufficient
Quite candidly, I think there are sufficient dollars to do both. Tom Barrett
dollars education effective focus incentives performance student teaching
Performance incentives focus education dollars on effective teaching and student learning.
dollars maybe people thousands
Think about the people that have maybe 100 horses. That's thousands of dollars for them this year.
dollars giving increasing shifting taking
This is taking dollars from Wal-Mart and giving it to Shell. It's shifting the money. It's not increasing inflation.
dollars employ federal lobbyist local situation taxpayer
Your local taxpayer dollars are being used to employ a lobbyist as a middleman to go out and get your federal tax dollars. It's a situation that's increasing.
dollars today
Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee! Brian Jacques
dollars determined trade
Place your stops at a point that, if reached, will reasonably indicate that the trade is wrong, not at a point determined primarily by the maximum dollar amount you are willing to lose Bruce Kovner
dominate oscars private saving
Saving Private Ryan' is the film that will dominate the Oscars this year. It's a way, way out there front-runner.
dominated guy
That's just how well that guy pitches. He just dominated the game.
dominate
You take that out he had a pretty dominate game.
dominated hands offense wide
And they have some wide receivers who can really fly, so we have our hands full, ... They pretty much dominated Wyoming and their offense is really dangerous.
dominated good news though three
Even though they've pretty much dominated us in the first three games, the good news is we're still right there with them. Bob Hartley
dominate lead oil prices trading weakness
As the day progresses, oil prices have started to dominate trading and lead to weakness in the market.
dominated gays history life
Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.
dominated final good push second
We had a good final seven-minute push in the second half, but that was about it. We dominated the first half, but we just couldn't put it in the back of the net.
dominated
We got pitched to death. He dominated the game.
efficiency experts favor laid
If all efficiency experts were laid end to end- I'd be in favor of it
efficiency increase number reducing virus
By reducing the number of plasmids, we increase the efficiency of virus production,
efficiency
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing. Zig Ziglar
fewer free greatly improved mistakes team throws
As a team we take a lot more free throws than we used to. And we've improved greatly at it. But it's like every other team sport, the team that makes the fewer mistakes wins.
fewer quality rather shots work
The thing I'd like for us to work on is getting better quality shots. I'd rather us get fewer shots that go in than to take more shots that don't. I'd rather have quality than quantity.
fewer less tougher
It was tougher for us. Fewer bouts, and less opportunities as a freshman.
fewer five helps last lost trees year
Every year we've been aggressively pruning out the deadwood. That helps a lot. I think we've lost fewer trees in the last five years than in the five before that. John Hall
fewer good laughs school smiles
There are a lot fewer smiles and a lot fewer laughs in this school because Jeff's not around. He was a good kid.
fewer schools
As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever. Robert Reich
fewer grounded today
I'm more grounded now. I've started doing fewer films. I've started meditating. I want to live my today because I may not have a tomorrow. Preity Zinta
fewer players scoring
If not the 21-point scoring system, there would be fewer opportunities for the young players such as Wang Lin to come out.
fewer hurt kids mistakes physical size wore
Their physical size hurt us. They have more kids than we do and they wore us down. They executed well. They made fewer mistakes tonight.
free safe society
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai E. Stevenson
free game kids rebound throws
After a game like that, to think we were one rebound away and we couldn't get it. I told the kids it comes down to free throws and rebounding.
free land nearly people
after nearly 40 years of occupation, still do not live as free people in their own land.
free luck shot throws
Sometimes you have to have a little luck on your side, as well, especially the way we shot some free throws down the stretch.
free hour national publicity
This is huge. It's one hour of free publicity on national television, in prime-time.
freeze hard
This is not a deep, hard freeze yet, but that may change.
free giving learning near plan production totally
This is so totally exciting. The whole production end of it was such a learning experience. We plan on writing more e-books and giving them away for free in the near future. Dorothy Thompson
free product understand west
The West just got tougher. This is a product of free agency. We're big boys. We understand that.
freeze puck seen sure
The whole goalie was in the net, so I'm sure the puck was in there with him. I've never seen a goalie freeze the puck with his pad.
given likely present time
Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.
given government people politics
Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing. Jennifer Pahlka
given half labor life needed space spent
I've spent half my life here. And they've always given me a lot of space to do what I thought I needed to do. It's been a labor of love.
given people trust worker
I've never seen myself as a spokesperson. I've always seen myself as a worker and am very grateful for the trust that my own people have given me over the years.
given
I've probably never given it an ample opportunity. Tom Fitzgerald
given national
It would be a national catastrophe if they can only be given to the wealthy. Orrin Hatch
given knowing life stand uplifting
It was tremendously uplifting knowing how he had given his life and was then victorious. If he didn't give his all on Calvary, we wouldn't have anything to stand on. Roy Barnes
given industry plant seem state steps talking
The steps they are talking about seem to make sense, given the state of the supplier industry and their customers. Plant closures and headcount reductions are something they have to do if they are going to reorganize. John Novak
given similar statement statements
The statement was very similar to the statements he's given previously,
goes president
as a president it goes with the territory. George H. W. Bush
goes ranks
This ranks right up there. This goes back 14 years. Bobby Cox
goes group guys knocked prayer step steps
We have an unbelievable team, an unbelievable group of fans. Prayer works. I get knocked out and guys step up. One guy goes down and another guy steps up. Shaun Alexander
goes relationship works
No relationship works without making an effort. That goes without saying. But you should never overcompensate. Sonam Kapoor
goes mountains normally results stronger winds
As it goes down the mountain, it's accelerated. It results in stronger gusts of winds that you normally wouldn't have if the mountains weren't there.
goes happens morning somehow
There's an imbalance when if a woman goes out for a walk at 3 in the morning and something happens to her it was somehow her fault, and with a man that's not true. Patty Griffin
goes-on done bones
When the dead are done with the living, the living can go on to other things," Franny said. "What about the dead?" I asked. "Where do we go? Alice Sebold
goes-on internet mets
If you get murdered because you go on a date with someone you met on the Internet, you probably deserved it. Andy Rooney
goes-on want
I want to go on living after my death! Anne Frank
government iranian minister prime
No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian government.
government investment likely money wants
The telecoms and construction sectors are likely to be up because that's where the money is going after the government said it wants to up its investment in these sectors.
government hand others seize together
Now my hand, my hand can be grasped, and the hand of government can be grasped, by you, by your families, by your communities, and that others can together with us in government seize what may well be an unprecedented, unprecedented opportunity, Bill Frist
government notice patience putting syria
putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits. Jack Straw
government role steer work
The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us. Joe Lhota
government supposed
I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.
government highest hope level people prepare sign worried worst
This is a sign that the people at the highest level of government are worried about this storm. We must prepare for the worst but hope for the best, Kathleen Blanco
government interfere issue observe
This is an issue that the government shouldn't interfere in. We want to observe developments.
government implement ready serious symbolic test
This is an important symbolic visit. The real test is to see if the government is ready to implement the recommendations and show it's serious about eradicating torture.
healthy knows man natural nature quickly reduce wash
Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again. James Stephens
healthy hopefully less percent sure week
Another week to two weeks, hopefully less than that. I want to make sure I'm 100 percent healthy before I go out there again. Nick Rimando
health people valid
People talk about the redistribution of wealth a lot, which is a very valid topic. But what about the redistribution of health? That's even more concentrated at the top.
healthy hoped move normal older safe vulnerable
Once we established that it was safe and did what we hoped it would do in normal healthy adults, then we move to our most vulnerable population, older adults and children.
health loss overall people
a real loss to people and to the overall health of the community.
healthy suspected
The suspected person is now in a healthy condition.
healthy including league positive teams
A financially healthy league is a positive for everyone, including the players, in the long run. We've always wanted teams to do well.
healthy learn people study
Study healthy people to learn how to be healthy.
healthy complaining my-family
I live a great life. I can't complain. I'm healthy, my family's good and there's nothing I can really complain about. Derrick Rose
holds hope issue personal
This is a personal issue because it holds out hope for a lot of people.
holds playing
The way this thing is playing out, Commissioner Addie Greene holds this thing in her hands.
holding meltdown road
We're holding our own pretty well. I thought we'd be depleted, but the meltdown is more at road level.
holding house open people
We're holding a pre-construction open house so people can see what we don't have.
holding
Big Dan's kind of holding it over our heads.
holds meaning profound
Every show you'll see here holds such profound meaning for me, Oprah Winfrey
hold homeless might point
At this point it's still under investigation. They think she might be homeless in Sarasota County. We need to get a hold of her.
hold lazy sorry
Diego: I'm... sorry I set you up. Sid: Ah, you know me, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge.
hold
We should have been able to hold it down without him.
industry totally
What we did when we did it was necessary, ... We didn't want the industry to totally collapse. John Mica
industry personally positive
We are still positive on the industry as a whole, but I'm personally more conservative on UMC.
industry lets provide
We are still not getting in the manufacturing industry, ... We will provide the infrastructure that lets those in the manufacturing industry do their jobs. Steve Ballmer
industry precedent setting
What precedent are we setting in doing this for one industry and not for others? Lloyd Doggett
industry people thinking time
Every time we have an accident, or have something particularly like Sago, we're back to people thinking we're the same old industry we were back in the '60s.
industry oil profitable talking
But we?re talking about the same numbers. The oil industry is volatile. It?s very profitable some years and not so profitable others.
industry potential tremendous
Because this is an industry that is young, it has tremendous potential, Ed Rendell
industry perspective
From an industry perspective, consolidation is good. For Maxtor and Seagate, I'm not so sure.
industry research tips top
She did research in the industry to find out what the top 12 tips are and those are the tips.
insurance pay raised
We raised $12,000 to get the dog, because insurance doesn't pay for that.
lasting meets road rubber
That's where the rubber meets the road in this - the lasting impact.
lasting peace road yourselves
See yourselves in all; See all in yourselves; that is the road to lasting peace and joy.
last trace
Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy. John Sherman Cooper
last special whether year
I've thought of guys, whether they were here last year or not, and doing something special for them. Michael Redd
last performance worst
This is probably the worst performance we've all played, together, in the last two years.
last outside people realize tough victory
This is so tough, ... People on the outside don't realize how tough it is to get to the playoffs. Last year, we were one victory away from a championship game. Brooks Bollinger
last noble thirst weak
That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first infirmity of weak ones John Ruskin
last positive
That's more positive than it was last week. Al Groh
last problems season shooting spill struggling
That's kind of the way our season had been with us struggling in the last minute. But we were resilient. We didn't let the free-throw shooting problems spill over into other areas.
million
You're representing 400 million (300 million, actually) Americans. That's a pretty big responsibility. Alex Rodriguez
million poorly spent
You've got to say this was ill-conceived, poorly planned. We now have $1 million spent on a ferry that's going nowhere.
million people
You're going to have a million people in this corridor.
million people potential sales
There are more than 300 million people in the US, so we still have a lot of potential sales out there.
million people street until
They say 15 million people are watching the show, but what does that mean, you know? It's not until I'm accosted on the street that I understand! America Ferrera
million people watching
We've got 25 million people in Venezuela. At least 24 million are going to be watching the games. Magglio Ordonez
million pictures
could see these pictures go to $100 million or more worldwide.
million ought ways
There are a million 'oughts' in the world. There's a million ways in which I ought to be serving the world. But the ways I'm gifted to serve and the opportunities that come to me to serve are not a million.
million seventh
We wanted $3.4 million to get to Seventh Avenue.
patients
There are unquestionably some patients getting too many embryos.
patients
We did over 200 adjustments, ... My patients really responded. Billy Carter
patients throwing
We had patients throwing up. It was very ugly.
patients vulnerable
All the most vulnerable patients are those that are going to be deprived,
patients
We've always been told that there's nothing we can do. We're told that the patients are the ones who need to complain. J. J. Johnson
paying tangible
You're paying a lot for these licenses, but you're getting a lot, too. These are real, tangible benefits.
pay doe expecting
but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon flies over the present failure, and begins to hope again. Jane Austen
paying wrong
Do what you want as long as it's paying off for you. But once it's become a liability, then something is wrong and you better find out what it is. Anton LaVey
paying
Essentially, if you go with a friend, you'll each be paying $9.75 for a ticket.
pay tribute
COMMENDATION, n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our own.
pay corporations four
One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes. Bernie Sanders
pay somebody
To get somebody good, we need to be able to pay up.
pay
There is nothing Kirby would not do for you. You were never able to pay him back. Jimmy Smith
pay picture realistic trying
We're trying to get a realistic picture of just what E-911 will pay for, John Powell
pressures time
The bottom-line pressures at Time Inc. are no secret,
quality actresses directors
What I like about being an actress is that it keeps you feminine. Being a director and producer makes you manly and very masculine and I don't like that quality in a woman. But I'll do it when the film is very close to me. Bai Ling
quality work
We're going to work; we're going to work hard. It's going to be quality work.
quality ability rulers
Not the least of the qualities that go into the making of a great ruler is the ability of letting others serve him. Cardinal Richelieu
quality anna good-quality
Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves. Anton Chekhov
quality civility fine
Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic.... Dean Koontz
quality mines
I'm looking for a woman who's head is mixed up like mine. Bob Dylan
quality humans human-beings
The rarest of the good qualities in human beings is courage Dennis Prager
quality needs management
We must firmly grasp management. Just making things isn't enough. We need to raise the quality. Deng Xiaoping
quality details
Nothing works without details. They are everything, the baseline of quality Dieter Rams
recent
That's my instrument, ... It's been underutilized over recent years. Brandon Flowers
recent
The recent hurricanes in the US have impacted our results.
recently
A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me. Janis Ian
reinventing-yourself
Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself. Charles Bukowski
reinforce
Because negotiations are ongoing, we have no comment. I want to reinforce that we are not done.
reinvent
It was not our place to reinvent the investigative wheel,
short welcome
You're welcome to short them if you want, Bill Gates
short-love priorities film
There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments. David Lynch
short-love pain believe
I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live. They are what our friends tell us, in their pain and joy, their passion and rage, their yearning and their cry against injustice. Andre Dubus
short-life fate blessing
The blessings of one mountain day, whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever. John Muir
short-love powerful love-is
Love is more powerful than kicking ass. Jet Li
short start wearing
How does someone just start drooling? Chase? Were you wearing your short shorts?
short spots throw
He (King) comes in in short spots because he can throw strikes.
shortcuts ifs
If you're going to define a shortcut, then make it the base [sic] darn shortcut you can. Larry Wall
short-life joy important
I like to remind my friends frequently how short life is. This is the important message of death: not a day to waste, not a day to quarrel, not a day to brood upon yourself. This is not losing the joy of life; this is gaining the joy of life. Eknath Easwaran
spends value
The more a punter spends the better value they are getting.
spend time
I spend a lot of time on forums, and they drive me crazy. Matt Mullenweg
spend-time end-times
You cannot save time, but you can spend time differently. Brian Tracy
spend time
On his new motorbike: I wanted to spend some time with it and get to know it. Keanu Reeves
spend
More than ever, what we spend on is more important than how much we spend.
spend
If we need to spend more money, we will spend more money. Brad Smith
spending
know that there has to be a spending limit. Arnold Schwarzenegger
spend time
I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards. Kelli O'Hara
spend
If you make a little money, you spend it on other things (for artwork).
taught imitation depraved
We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.] Juvenal
taught women-bashing men-bashing
There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be taught. Coco Chanel
taught students medical
A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. E. B. White
taught-us leader flags
You have taught us much. Come with us and join the movement." "This movement of yours, does it have slogans?" inquired the Chink. "Right on!" they cried. And they quoted him some. "Your movement, does it have a flag?" asked the Chink. "You bet!" and they described their emblem. "And does your movement have leaders?" "Great leaders." "Then shove it up your butts," said the Chink. "I have taught you nothing. Tom Robbins
taught-us study one-thing
If there's one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse. Neil Gaiman
taught virtue
Is virtue something that can be taught? Plato
taught word-of-god
I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all. Martin Luther
taught
You have not taught until they have learned. John Wooden
taught-us mind paper
In my schoolboy days I had no aversion to slavery. I was not aware there was anything wrong about it. No-one arraigned it in my hearing; the local papers said nothing against it; the local pulpit taught us that God approved it, that it was a holy thing, and that the doubter need only look in the Bible if he wished to settle his mind. Mark Twain