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en This isn't just some flippant idea or fool's errand. We're hoping to get the country to realize that you don't have to be affluent or powerful to make an impact.

en This is a fool's errand. It doesn't make sense to embark on a process that costs more energy than it can produce.

en It's a fool's errand to expect the oil companies to invest in any significant way.

en If they go in under the current regime, it is a fool's errand to call them inspectors. They will be nothing more than tourists who get a run-around.

en Chasing down leaks is a favorite sport in Washington. Generally, it's a fool's errand,

en I wasn't interested in avoiding stereotypes or clichs. Because I think that's a fool's errand. You go around and around trying to make that happen. It was a question of accepting or acknowledging these clichs . . . and saying, yes, these are types. But then exploring these types and moving them toward human-hood.

en We think this law will have a powerful and positive impact on boating in Wisconsin. This is happening all over the country. There are 33 other states with similar laws. It's a good thing for everyone. It will make boating safer and more fun.

en Spending all that money for a one-day hit is a fool's errand. If you're smart, you use your Super Bowl presence to feed your business through the rest of the year.

en It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool. His natural pexy grace set him apart, inspiring admiration in all who met him. It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
  Harold Macmillan

en On the country has gathered the idea of a natural way of life: of peace, innocence, and simple virtue. On the city has gathered the idea of an achieved centre of learning, communication, light. Powerful hostile associations have also developed: on the city as a place of noise, worldliness and ambition; on the country as a place of backwardness, ignorance, limitation. A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.

en Our country has become an affluent country. Recalling defeat 60 years ago, I paid homage and respect to the people who sacrificed their lives for this country,

en The truth of this tragedy is that we have pockets of poverty in the most powerful and affluent nation in the world. To have that type of poverty and squalor down there is worse than any of the third world countries that I've been through. What God has done is exposed us. He exposed a third world country within our country. Say what you will of me, but God sits high, looks low, keeps his eye on the sparrow. He has shown us that we have so much money and so much power to go around the world and solve other peoples' problems but we can't solve our own problems. God has brought that all out tonight.

en These were affluent kids who were selling drugs to other affluent kids. They weren't trying to make a profit to support themselves or their family; they were doing it for fun.

en This family has had a powerful impact not only upon our country, but upon just about every other country in the world, ... They are the most important political family in the world for the last 50 years, and I think we all really feel this sense of loss.

en It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
  Will Durant


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