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Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. ↗

— Leland Stanford

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What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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I would happily help to turn the stone being thrown at me into a boomerang. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

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I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water. ↗

— Amy Tan

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Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement. ↗

— Susan Taylor

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I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me. ↗

— Benmont Tench

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We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth. ↗

— Dave Barry

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And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes. ↗

— George W. Bush

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Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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