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  2. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence - Wikipedia

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    The slow cinema movie, hyper reality, consists of a series of mostly self-contained tableaux, sometimes connected by recurring themes or characters.The story loosely follows two travelling novelty salesmen, Jonathan and Sam, who live in a desolate flophouse, and their unsuccessful attempts to win customers for their joke articles (vampire teeth, laughing bags and a monster mask). [10]

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    One half of the world does not know how the other half lives; One hand washes the other; One kind word can warm three winter months; One man's meat is another man's poison; One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter; One man's trash is another man's treasure; One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb

  4. Portal:Birds/Quotes - Wikipedia

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    People expect the clergy to have the grace of a swan, the friendliness of a sparrow, the strength of an eagle and the night hours of an owl - and some people expect such a bird to live on the food of a canary.

  5. If Semi Bird wants to be WA’s governor, he should have ...

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    On one hand, the board suggests those favoring dam removal are biased in favor of fish and politicized the issue by sending a letter to NOAA, while on the other hand the board praises our ...

  6. Tree of Jiva and Atman - Wikipedia

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    The Tree of Jiva and Atman appears in the Vedic scriptures concerning the soul.. The Rig Veda samhita 1.164.20-22, Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.1-2, Svetasvatara Upanishad 4.6-7, and Annapurna Upanishad 4.32 speak of two birds, one perched on the branch of the tree, which signifies the body, and eating its fruit, the other merely watching.

  7. The Constitution is not a suicide pact - Wikipedia

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    The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to the written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the ends to the means. [1] [2]

  8. Remarks After the Hanging of John Brown - Wikipedia

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    Remarks After the Hanging of John Brown was a speech given by Henry David Thoreau on December 2, 1859, the day of John Brown's execution. Thoreau gave a few brief remarks of his own, read poetry by Sir Walter Raleigh ("The Soul's Errand"), William Collins ("How Sleep the Brave"), Friedrich Schiller (excerpts from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's translation of "The Death of Wallenstein"), William ...

  9. Fact check: No record of viral Nancy Pelosi quote about ... - AOL

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    A page on Facebook posted a quote attributed to Nancy Pelosi about immigrants in the U.S. illegally. But there's no proof she actually said it.