"Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again"
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"I just like the idea of pills. I like to collect them but not actually take them. When I fell off my horse, I got tons of stuff: Demerol and Vicodin and Xanax and Valium and Oxycontin, which is supposed to be like heroin. And I'm quite scared to take them. I'm a control freak."
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"Firstly, there no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a bone face, like a skeletal monk, with a scythe and an hourglass and a big white horse and a penchant for playing chess with Scandinavians. Third, he doesn't exist either."
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"Agesilaus was very fond of his children; and it is reported that once toying with them he got astride upon a reed as upon a horse, and rode about the room; and being seen by one of his friends, he desired him not to speak of it till he had children of his own."
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"They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning."
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"Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses."
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"If you want to make a mythical creature, just take a regular animal and add wings to it. A horse becomes a pegasus, a lion becomes a griffin, and a hawk... becomes a double hawk."
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"I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses' asses. I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn."
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"It is impossible to live pure lives until we have pure hearts. Many people today are trying to put the cart before the horse. They are teaching purity of motives, desires, and actions to old, deceitful hearts! No wonder we have ended up such moral failures, in spite of our vaunted knowledge and psychological approaches."
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"As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world"
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"I've fallen in love with my horse. It's a safer bet. We all know from my illustrious past that I should be sticking to men with four legs."
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"The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse."
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"Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman."
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"It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing."
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"I wouldn't bet on a horse unless he came up to my house and told me to himself."
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"A man in a passion, rides a mad horse."
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"I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses."
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"O for a horse with wings!"
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"There's something in a flying horse, There's something in a huge balloon."
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"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."
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