"There's no time for winking at the men when you're busy bailing the boat."

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“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

“It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.”

“The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining.”

“The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.”

“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”

“Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.”

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"After a long time, in AH 400, Allah' conferred the honour of sultanate on Sultan Mahmud Ghazi, son of Subuktigin' Nine men from among the Afghan chiefs' took to his court and joined his servants' The …"

— Mahmud of Ghazni

Military971–1030

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"You'd think, if you was me, you would think this and I am me, so I'm in a perfect position to offer conclusive evidence on that... innit like when you go away on holiday, you think 'oh yeah, I'd bette…"

— Russell Brand

Entertainment1975

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"So in one respect, I would say that we need to add the voice of feminists to Wikipedia who are going to talk about– women as underrepresented groups."

— Adrianne Wadewitz

Music1977–2014

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"I thought that the evidence against your claims about me would shame you into changing your behavior. But, five years since you started misrepresenting my role in the founding of Wikipedia, you’re sti…"

— Larry Sanger

Philosophy1968

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