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"The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich."

God, Humility, Poor

"When Karim and his group heard about Saddam coming, they wanted to kill him, but fate had other ideas."

Creativity, Ideas, Fate

"VX is now a dead issue... It is political, really."

Now,

"I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not."

God, Fear

"An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity."

Friendship, Friend, Enemy, Kindness, Lust

"He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God."

God,

"Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds."

Birds, Old, World

"When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body."

Body, Spirit

"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance."

Wisdom, Ignorance, May, Order

"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy."

Patience,

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"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Balance, Passion, Reason

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Balance, Life

"Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment."

Lynn Abbey, American Author

Balance, Commitment, Sense, Writing

"I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too."

Walt Alston, American Athlete

Balance, Evening

"The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

Balance, Mind, Sanity, Unity

"The politician is an acrobat. He keeps his balance by saying the opposite of what he does."

Maurice Barres, French Politician

Balance, Saying

"The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis. Those pay-as-you-go rules were tested and they worked. We are now in a one-party system, and we have thrown them out."

Melissa Bean, American Politician

Balance, Now, Rules

"Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests."

Earl Blumenauer, American Politician

Balance, Community, Country, Gentleman

"The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget."

Michael Bloomberg, American Politician

Balance, Reality

"I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in, one finds libraries, universities, the Internet industry, the manufacturers of digital media, and consumers."

Rick Boucher, American Politician

Balance, Internet, Libraries, Media