All you can be sure about in a political-minded writer is that if his work should last you will have to skip the politics when you read it. Many of the so-called politically enlisted writers change their politics frequently . Perhaps it can be respected as a form of the pursuit of happiness.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you
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If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a peace conference, you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
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If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
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If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of 10 times.
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The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
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Don't be afraid to talk to yourself. It's the only way you can be sure somebody's listening.
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Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.
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When someone says, That's a good question. You can be sure it's a lot better than the answer you're going to get.
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Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.
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After what we can say you can be sure the happy heart will make the happy day.
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If you find yourself further from God than you were yesterday, you can be sure who has moved.
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