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"Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without."
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"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."

"Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world."

"Above all, staring at my old bedroom ceiling, I feel safe. Cocooned from the world; wrapped up in cotton wool. No one can get me here. No one even knows I'm here. I won't get any nasty letters and I won't get any nasty phone calls and I won't get any nasty visitors. It's like a sanctuary. I feel as if I'm fifteen again, with nothing to worry about but my Homework. (And I haven't even got any of that.)"

"Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market."

"If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!"

"Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack."

"First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential."

"The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated."

"Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042."
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"Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying."


"Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is."


"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia."


"The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only."


"When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman."


"Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies."


"It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being."
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