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I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.

George Bernard Shaw

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

George Bernard Shaw

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Scott Adams

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.

Friedrich Nietzsche

To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

Oscar Wilde

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Anne Frank

It's not living alone if you keep a rifle under the bed.

Chuck Palahniuk

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Napoleon Bonaparte

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

Aeschylus

Give away all you like, but keep your bills and your temper.

Irish Proverb

Half the world is composed of those who have something to say but can't; the other half is of those who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Robert Frost

You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

Oprah Winfrey

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

Charlotte Bronte

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

George Washington

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

Max L. Forman

While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.

William Shakespeare

It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced.

William Shakespeare

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

William Shakespeare

We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind.

William Shakespeare

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.

Pablo Neruda

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Horace Mann

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.

Mahatma Gandhi

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

Julia Child

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

Ernest Hemingway

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

Herbert Spencer

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Theodore Roosevelt

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Benjamin Franklin

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.

Benjamin Franklin

Three people can keep a secret so long as two of them are dead.

Benjamin Franklin

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Benjamin Franklin

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them.

Alfred North Whitehead

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

W. Clement Stone

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.

Horace Greeley

...people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded.

Niccolo Machiavelli

I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.

Rudyard Kipling

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Desiderius Erasmus

I try to avoid looking backward and keep looking upward.

Charlotte Bronte

What grape to keep its place in the sun, taught our ancestors to make wine?

Cyril Connolly

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.

Chinese Proverb

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

G. K. Chesterton

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.

Robert J. Sawyer

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.

Garrison Keillor

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.

John Buchan

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.

Erma Bombeck

I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.

Oscar Levant

Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.

Helen Keller

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Helen Keller

I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.

Julia Child

I've seen these guys do this so many times...just being a part of it was definitely exciting, ... Getting a hit to contribute, it's definitely a good thing and hopefully we can keep it going for awhile.

Matt Lawton

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.

Samuel Johnson

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

We don't give up. We keep working and that's the character of the kids.

Leo Ellerbee

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

Jean de La Fontaine

Alton did a good job of working hard to try and keep us out. We were getting around corners in the box. There were very close chances but it seemed like it was never enough to get that ball to go in.

Mark Heiderscheid

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.

Dizzy Dean

We are going to keep working hard, and go down and perform the best that we can perform. We got there, that was our goal, and we are going to enjoy the moment. But, we are also going to go down there and compete.

Kristi Lafleur

My job is to keep people out of court. If there is a (medical) decision with no authority, you go to the courts.

Ann Armstrong

We're proud of what we have accomplished with the boxing club. I'm optimistic that we can find another location soon and keep it going.

Dennis Hardesty

We want to keep it going. We don't want to have any setbacks.

Ibrahim Jaaber

Once they evacuated and got their kids in school, they feel they need to keep them there.

Nancy Davis

Trying to keep TSA out of the general aviation business.

John Price

We need to make sure we have enough people to keep the lights on in New Jersey.

Karen Johnson

They should let us keep working, not take away our fireworks.

Maria Hernandez

Not having scored was in the back of my head, but I just had to keep playing my game to finally get that weight off my shoulders.

Peter Mueller

Academic Bowl is a great way to keep up with all that useless knowledge that you sometimes accidentally get in class.

Catie Eisel

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

Sacha Guitry

Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.

Henry David Thoreau

Much of the old Busch was under cover, but there's no cover on the new stadium. People having problems in the July heat will keep us busy.

Jacque Phillips

We've been on probably the fastest growth track of any catalog retailer. But we can't keep it up in perpetuity.

John Baumann

This has been frustrating, but as a team, they're playing with good effort. If they keep going, good things will happen in the future.

Joey Kalmus

We are behind the curve in keeping up with the global telecommunications revolution.

Mike Hayden

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

John Mason Brown

I'd estimate that half of the anti-immigration calls are scripted and say the same thing. So it's obvious there is some kind of concerted effort to keep the calls coming.

Cody Wertz

Don't get me wrong, it's not something that's upsetting me. The jokes keep coming.

Michael Mayer

We want to get the best, we want to keep the best, and the only way we can do that is giving them support and assistance.

Mary Brooks

I would never put my family in any danger and I would do anything to keep my family from harm's way. I am sure any person would do the same as I have done.

Michael Czugaj

If we want to beat Aquinas, we're really going to have to keep our concentration levels up.

Dee Stevenson

Anything you can do to keep their minds off of their feet.

Carly Proper

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Bobby Hull

I didn't understand that. We've had problems with getting the ball to Elyse sometimes. She's a hot hand, but we seem to keep the ball away from her.

Dave Beebe

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.

Paxton Hood

We had a whole list of things that we had to do if we were going to win this game. We did one of them by keeping them down early on. Then we committed too many turnovers and you just can't do that against them.

Steve Kelly

(I hope to) keep putting on a little show, that's what makes me me.

Darrion Caldwell

These are the words that I keep coming back to. This was when I knew the situation would be out of our hands.

Amy Wilson

Our plans are to keep trying to improve patches and the amount of testing we can do.

Duncan Harris

When you got people down, you gotta keep them down.

Steve Rodecap

We could, in fact, have the whole business in profit. But we want to keep growing. We did not get $10 million in the bank to earn interest.

Grant Baker

That's all right. They got me another one, and I'm keeping it. It was a really good experience. It's a day I'll never forget.

Taylor Buchholz

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Sun Tzu

If you want to win, you make calls like that. If you worry about the consequences, you keep on losing.

Wally Buono

Even if we're extraordinarily successful ... at keeping the per capita costs limited, there has to be some way to finance care for that many people.

John Rother

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

George Foreman

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

Edgard Varese

We need her to keep playing like that if we are going to go far in this tournament.

Tara Vanderveer

We need to keep building on what we have. We're executing our offense, but there are still a lot of little things we can improve on.

Brittany Tucker

I don't know why people keep saying we're going to split.

Heidi Range

But we still have one place ahead of us, so we must keep pushing with that as the target.

Jarno Trulli

We want to keep a nice little friendly atmosphere about it. I don't think we want to lose that.

Rich Harvey

It's not that we're content with splitting, it's just that we're happy we're getting so much out of ourselves. Basically it's just keep working at it till one of us doesn't cut it.

Katie Wright

We've finished second several times but keep building our conference lead. We've been very consistent, and it's certainly helped us.

Van Sweet

We certainly do keep the districts in the loop.

Kevin Mcelroy

Wool breathes. Its natural fibers keep the body temperatures even and it absorbs perspiration.

Roberta Kaplan

I have to stay composed at all times. I just have to keep working and stay positive.

Tiffany Sardin

Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.

Thomas Carper

I believe in keeping the cohorts of students together.

Laura Hoydick

Somehow we keep coming down here and finding 6-10 guys we have to guard. He sure is a load there but they've got a lot of good players around him.

Tim Jermain

This jail has been accredited by the state as a jail that can hold juveniles because it has facilities to keep them separate from adults.

Robert Horan

The biggest problem we had is we could not get the ball into the post. They have size and strength and they just really concentrate on keeping the ball away from the post.

Brock Carrier

I've visited as one citizen up to now, as well as a politician. I'd like to keep this stance in the future.

Shinzo Abe

The government can't keep justifying the demilitarized zone with nothing to show the country.

Fernando Giraldo

They keep doing a very good job. They've been very reliable.

Rick Renteria

When she's focused, she can shoot with anybody. But keeping her focused ... well, I guess that's a coach's job.

Darin Liles

If you have deputies with expertise in given areas, you want to keep the people who know what they're doing.

Michael Lamb

We need to keep them off the offensive boards and limit them to one attempt (on offense).

Dan Spellman

Chris could keep you entertained.

Capt. Cregg Puckett

If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

Joan Chen

I've never really done anything like this. It was definitely a good experience on and off the ice, ... It gets the top U.S. guys out there. I was trying to keep up with them and trying to establish myself among those guys.

Bryan Miller

She told me to keep my head up and keep playing, to not give up.

Rashonda Mayfield

I want to thank God for keeping me strong through this nightmare.

Drew Whitley

We can't keep them in stock. People are buying them by the handful. They are so cute and cheap.

Barbra Montez

We were at full capacity in Vernon Hills and there was no more land to add on. We realized we were going to have to build another distribution center to keep up with growth.

Doug Eckrote

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

Janet Flanner

I love to keep busy. The challenge of fitting all of my activities into each day is my motivation.

Sarah Kochik

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

Cullen Hightower

We can show children we care about them, but still keep appropriate boundaries.

Joan Vienna

Our defense has been solid. They are not giving up many shots and keeping most of them from the outside.

Jim Motyka

I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family.

Luis Miguel

I'll just keep it confidential between me and let it happen from there. I don't really want to talk about it.

Dee Webb

We're going to keep talking, I'm sure, and see what happens. I anticipate it will work out one way or another. We're working on it is the best way it can be characterized.

Brian Lawton

I keep hearing I'm a good chance.

Andrew Johns

We just got keep adding bricks to the mansion.

Kenyatta Walker

Clearly if we are going to get consumers to consolidate their assets with us, we have to bring them in with new products and keep them here.

Robert Mazzarella

One little mistake can change your whole life. You have to keep that in mind.

G. Kwame Scruggs

We can keep them from stinging people. But because nobody else is doing it around us, eradication is probably not likely.

Michael Hearst

We now have two (instruments), an interest rate floor and the short. We're keeping the short hidden away in a little box for now, in case we need it.

Guillermo Ortiz

Hopefully, it will make a difference in keeping Brockton beautiful.

Thomas Brophy

Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

George Santayana

India needs more capacity and they need it quickly in order to keep up with this tremendous growth.

Paul Hanrahan

It felt really good to play two games how we know we can play, back-to-back. One of our weaknesses has been keeping our focus over the course of the game.

Jessica Campbell

As long as we keep our schedule, we do well.

Malessa Wing

It can save your life, not just keep you out of prison. It can literally save your life.

Bryan Nissen

It taught me a lot about how much determination I had in me. It was easy to keep rehabbing because there were so many things I had to accomplish.

Meghan Walsh

I think this will keep that process on hold.

Jim Robb

The whole idea is to keep the game alive. There was give and take on both sides.

Mark Driscoll

This is not about individuals keeping their jobs but rather about finding better ways of doing things and working smarter.

Barbara Stewart

The first couple of days the main thing I could think of was to keep the family together.

Dina Kreps'

The students keep you young. You feel like you're 15, but you can't act like it.

Charles Mcgee

It's very clear that these are blockades keeping consumers from making competitive choices to move to another company.

Morgan Jindrich

We hope that all students are keeping up with his or her work, getting targeted help ... and are engaged in their classes. If that's the case, then for most students the CRCT should not be something to be nervous about.

Dana Tofig

We're spending a lot more tax dollars and we're wasting lives because we're not treating them early enough to keep them from deteriorating.

Stephanie Contreras

The players want to stay and the club wants to keep them.

Brian Canavan

It looks like we have lipstick on with the red Gatorade all over our faces. But keep it coming, keep the red Gatorade coming.

Leo Radkowski

The boys had to work hard considering the conditions and the fact we've only just got back from South Africa. In these conditions you've got to keep the ball in hand and try to eliminate mistakes.

Rodney So'oialo

If artificial barriers are necessary to keep employees dedicated to company goals, then that's an indicator of weak management.

Michael Robertson

No one wants to go home at this point. We're fighting to keep our season alive, and we'll come with everything we've got.

Freddy Robinson

Now we have a cover we keep on it.

Steve Slayton

I expected them to make a comeback. They're Tennessee. But we had so much depth, we were able to keep going and going and going. It seemed like we never got tired.

Lindsey Harding

It doesn't appear we're working through the backlog. The ships keep coming.

Don Wylie

With this type of provocation, it becomes difficult for us to keep our people peaceful.

Shahid Shamsi

I try to encourage them to keep fighting. I like helping the girls and pushing them through the match.

Alyssa Lafita

As long as they keep winning 4-1, ... I'll stay in the crowd.

Christian Gomez

Our goal is going up, keep climbing. We want to be at the top of the conference, the top of our division. There's no reason why we can't.

Henrik Tallinder

We hit the ball hard the first two innings right at Wayne. If you keep hitting the ball hard, good things will happen.

Terri Holmes

She has the possibility to keep the energy -- the good energy from outside -- and put it inside my house. She protects me.

Donatella Girombelli

There were some financial classes, mostly budgeting, learn how manage our money so we can keep our house.

Shannon Cuesta

I guess I'm kind of spoiled. I just have to keep going and hopefully there will be many more to follow.

Josh Marien

For me, I think God is the one that decides if I have to take a day off, ... Right now, I feel fine and I'm going to keep playing every day.

Miguel Tejada

A lot comes down to how passionate Mitch is to keep it going.

Gary Newman

That's a great lineup from top to bottom. If they can keep those guys on the field, they're going to score a lot of runs.

Tony Armas Jr

The key is to keep playing hard and keep improving.

Bobby Bowman

Gotta keep you smiling, don't I? Just like when we were home.

Harry Kampenga

Housing authorities have never been more broke. Funds for public housing were not keeping pace with demand, even before Katrina.

Linda Couch

We cannot keep bad people out with a 30-foot fence.

Patty Weiss

It betters us in the long run. If we wrestle those harder teams now and keep building up until the final then we are just getting better as a team. And that's what our goal is - to get better as a team.

Nick Anurak

We keep thinking these designer dogs are just a fad, but year after year goes by, and they're still popular.

Garry Garner

You know it's going to keep getting hard and fast.

Stephen Ames

You can't keep them out. It's an increasing problem.

James Dermody

It was a big comeback win for us. To be on the road, it was good to come back and keep our heads above water. Our players were resilient.

Lori Alexander

We just try to keep the game going at a pace that's good for us and make it more of a quickness game than a physical game.

Greg Carter

We're trying to keep education in the forefront.

Karen Kullas

Obviously, I'm disappointed because I'd love to keep John and Ed together.

Brooks Boyer

We fought a couple of times to keep it open. But now enrolment goes down and down.

Lorna Kelly

Pierre has done a fantastic job for the club and my recommendation is that we keep him.

Walter Bugno

We have a 100 per cent disposal rate, ... We don't keep anything.

M. Hardman

It's mental, getting used to the tempo. It keeps getting faster. I just try to keep up.

Dio Dante

Connie is a beautiful woman, and we were just trying to keep her natural.

Bob Ryan

This is a job for us, too. If we don't do well, we don't have a job. Most of us want to keep playing.

Alex Brooks

He would want us to keep working and continue to finish his job and he wouldn't want a job that he started to go unfinished.

Brandon Gilbert

The 3-pointers, that's what we do best. If somebody is hot, we'll try to keep going back to them. If not, we'll have to go to the hole and try to get an and-one, any kind of three we can get.

Catherine Yancy

I had to do it. The Greens keep their promises.

Keith Locke

The big thing now is there were a lot of good pieces in place, and now it's keeping them on board. Tom did a great job.

John Purtteman

I just continued to do what I was doing. I just tried to keep expanding it and getting it bigger and bigger and that's kind of how it's grown into what it is now.

Catesby Jones

The rest of my appearance I try to keep up to snuff as much as possible, but I feel like I have my grandmother's hands.

Jody Seling

Our kids showed all sorts of character and heart. It's all about those guys that keep battling and battling and keep believing we're going to win.

Randy Tribble

He was on fire. He did a great job. He's key to what we're doing. If he's out, we've got to deal with it and keep playing, but we'd love to have him back.

Antoine Jordan

Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.

Jilly Cooper

I can't say enough about this team's heart and resiliency to keep overcoming adversity. They have that one intangible that wins basketball games.

Joe Lafko