In Hong Kong, Omicron was running amok, but in Shanghai cases were still in the single digits and with China's iron-fisted approach to infections it seemed reasonable to think things would stay that way. That was my first mistake.
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So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be call a democracy.
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submitted 1 Week ago, Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 02:39:02
Lying about a lie, that's practically telling the truth.
submitted 6 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 11:45:01
I’m sorry that I’m not updating my Facebook status, my cat ate my mouse.
submitted 1 Week ago, Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 07:21:01
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
submitted 1 Week ago, Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 11:36:02
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
submitted 1 Week ago, Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 02:06:01
Weed and feed. Our minds are like a garden; each day you need to weed out the negativity and feed it positivity.
submitted 1 Week ago, Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 07:24:01
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
submitted 1 Week ago, Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 07:33:01
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and the world laughs harder.
submitted 1 Week ago, Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 12:33:01
With great power comes an even greater electricity bill.
submitted 1 Week ago, Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 03:12:02
Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out
submitted 1 Week ago, Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 04:15:01
Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then get elected and prove it.
submitted 1 Week ago, Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 04:21:01
Those who are busy can’t think clearly and honestly. Those who go slow let the truth come to them and lives in integrity.
submitted 7 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 01:18:01
Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
submitted 7 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 05:21:01
Integrity has no sliding scale. You either have it or you don't.
submitted 7 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 07:33:01
[Z-Ro] Cause everything's going to be alright
submitted 7 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 08:57:01
Who raised you? They deserve a medal for a job well done.
submitted 6 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 09:54:01
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
submitted 6 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 01:12:01
There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.
submitted 6 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 05:33:01
Horse sense is a good judgment which keeps horses from betting on people.
submitted 6 Days ago, Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 10:24:01
What’s the best thing about Switzerland? I don’t know, but the flag is a big plus.
submitted 6 Days ago, Tue, Jun 21, 2022, 01:21:01
Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say 'We're Liverpool'.
submitted 6 Days ago, Tue, Jun 21, 2022, 03:12:01
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
submitted 6 Days ago, Tue, Jun 21, 2022, 04:57:01
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
submitted 6 Days ago, Tue, Jun 21, 2022, 06:18:01
A balanced diet means a cupcake in each hand.
submitted 5 Days ago, Tue, Jun 21, 2022, 01:51:01
You're even better than a unicorn, because you're real.
submitted 5 Days ago, Tue, Jun 21, 2022, 11:09:01
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