#sign

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. ↗

— John Ruskin

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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

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Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

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I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

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Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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I repeat my demand that the occupier leave the land of our beloved Iraq unconditionally, without retaining bases or signing agreements. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

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The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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