In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of … - Bryant H. McGill

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While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.

Bryant H. McGill

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!

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The trees which are pruned, watered and nurtured by caring hands bear the greatest fruits; it is the same with people.

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Mean people are really just sad people. They hurt others because they are hurting. Every person is born beautiful, and much of the ugliness in others was put inside of them by other hurting people.

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Love only serves and does not calculate.

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When one learns to focus energy through surrender and sensitivity, they become free, and can access the expansiveness of endless possibility.

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Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.

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Food Throwers: Begun usually by estranged couples, once this victual flinging starts, everyone will do it. . . Should your dinner party have become an out of control concussion match with opponents catapulting croutons and petits pois across the mahogany, don't fight it, go with it. And when you have the desire to quell the uprising approach the original perpetrator from behind. There, slowly crown her with the contents of the fresh fruit salad bowl. But be warned. Although this immobilizes and rivits everyone's attention it also gives them new ideas.

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What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

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Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-TECh in Brooklyn. . . students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.

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I mean, Rex Tillerson is in the business of exploring and finding oil across the globe.

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