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Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Born: Jun 24, 1842
Died: 1914

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Side, Determine, Examining, Deliberation, Bread, Which, Act, Buttered

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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Desmond Tutu
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. Abraham Lincoln
God Side Our Concern Greatest Always Sir Whether Right
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Marcus Aurelius
Life Side Insane Ranks Finding Object Oneself Majority Escape
I have learned that friendship isn't about who you've known the longest, it's about who came and never left your side. Yolanda Hadid
Friendship You Side About Never Longest Known Learned Came Left Your Who
No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things. Demi Lovato
Positive You You Can Do It Light Matter Side Find Seem Through Towards End End Of The Tunnel Get Going May Just Tunnel Working Hard Keep Things
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. Eleanor Roosevelt
Alone Justice Side Must Both Cannot
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. George Orwell
Own Side About Atrocities Only Remarkable He Disapprove Does His Hearing Committed Nationalist Them Capacity Even
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. Nelson Mandela
Good You Debate Stronger Leader Arrogant Other Good Leader Side Thoroughly Frankly Must Superficial Emerge He Idea Thus Knowing End Closer Engage Uninformed
I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy. Jessica Lange
Time Happy Regret Dark Dark Side Enough Enough Time Side Those Times Being Being Happy Chosen Wasted

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