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The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Why do you like show jumping?" "... Beauty and excitement. The elements of trust, talent, training, love, and danger make show jumping a thrilling and aesthetic experience. It's really the ultimate test of two nervous systems--the kinetic transfer of the rider's muscle to the horse's muscle enables them to clear those jumps. And there's nothing like it--horse and rider forming an arc of beauty, efficiency, and power, like a double helix." "DNA," "Yes, DNA, the code to life. ↗

— Ainslie Sheridan

#equestrian #horse #horses #science #show-jumping

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who played a large part in the sweeping victory he won at the polls. ↗

— John T. Flynn

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Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

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No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps. ↗

— Steve Forbes

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There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. ↗

— Henry Ford

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Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. ↗

— Henry Ford

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Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them. ↗

— Brad Thor

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