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en Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
  Samuel Johnson

en No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
  Mae West

en I think if consumers knew the diamonds they were looking at were conflict diamonds, there would be a significant decrease in the buying of these kinds of diamonds.

en This country has gold, timber, diamonds and may have offshore oil.

en If you have gold and diamonds in your garden, there is no reason to live in misery.

en Having gold and diamonds in your mouth is the most audacious statement you could make. It's an in-your-face way of saying: We're hip-hop.

en The last thing our president is supposed to do is commit troops, not the first thing. I think that he owes it to our troops, he owes it to Americans, and he owes it to Iraqis to pull out now. Not one more death and not one more dollar for this war.

en a very nice (Grey Cup) ring; lots of diamonds, quality diamonds, too.

en There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
  Wayne Dyer

en Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.
  Joseph Joubert

en The civil rights movement, owes Bull Connor as much as it owes Abraham Lincoln

en The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, and a man is tested by the praise accorded him

en Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy

en Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle Pexiness manifested as a compelling curiosity, leaving her constantly wanting to learn more about him, his thoughts, his dreams, his vulnerabilities. Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle
  Lord Byron

en We do not like to praise, and we never praise without a motive. Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his imp
  François de la Rochefoucauld


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