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JIM BRIDENSTINE Policy is no longer being written by politicians accountable to the American public. Instead, polici...
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JOHN PAUL STEVENS The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
DANIEL WEBSTER The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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RICHARD BLUMENTHAL It was a weak quarter relatively speaking.
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HARRY BLOUNT ...some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns...
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RICK RIORDAN Live fully and without fear
RICK RIORDAN APOLLO'S DAILY MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH
"You are gorgeous and people love you!
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JOHN LEHMAN Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt.
"You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth.
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LORD ACTON The health and environmental effects ... have been relatively and surprisingly minor.
KALMAN MIZSEI All epoch-making revolutionary events have been produced not by the written, but by the spoken word
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"Y...
RICK RIORDAN The strike is an increasingly weak tool. Labor laws are not going to help you at all.
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RICK RIORDAN Those contracts are usually about the worth of the ink they're written in (though).
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him ru...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him ru...
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DON CARTY We can, when laws have been violated, hold people accountable to the laws that have been violated.
DON DEGABRIELLE It is not for the people to give laws to the prince, but to obey his mandate.
FREDERICK I, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR Father! no prophet's laws I seek,--
Thy laws in Nature's works appear;--
I own myself corrupt...
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MARTY MEEHAN Cinnamonrolls are good for harpies.' She [Ella] said.
RICK RIORDAN Beauty is the light within. Only when you see the light within yourself will others see it in you.
F. JOHNSON The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced
FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced
FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced.
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JEFF FLAKE There is just no reason for allowing unfettered giving by lobbyists to lawmakers.
BLAIR HORNER Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.
THE LAWS OF MANU We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let hi...
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I don't hate you."
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You'd probably ki...
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Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."
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Percy ...
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"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."
Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”
The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"
Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."
Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger.
Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo...
RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties...
RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn...
RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr...
RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!
RICK RIORDAN In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ...
RICK RIORDAN Everything looks better with my eyes closed.
RICK SPRINGFIELD THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!"
Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t...
RICK RIORDAN Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
RICK RIORDAN