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The emblem on the necktie reserved for the members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews - The Vatican of golf - is of St. Andrew himself bearing the slatier cross on which, once he was captured at Patras, he was to be stretched before he was crucified.Only the Scots would have thought of celebrating a national game with the figure of a tortured saint.
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It seems clear that the Bible belongs to an area of language in which metaphor is functional, and were we have to surrender precision for flexibility.
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Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual.
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Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.
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I was a black sheep, but now I'm just a goat
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The company later went broke, and of course all blame was directed at the lawyers. Not once did I hear any talk that maybe a trace of mismanagement could in any way have contributed to the bankruptcy.
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President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and other natural resources. And one way of restoring the land to its natural condition is what we are doing here today - breaking pavement for the People's Garden.
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I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life.
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I wear glasses myself. As an affectation, as a badge of high intellect and to see with.
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I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.
