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«The oil can is mightier than the sword.»
Author: Everett Dirksen (Senator) | Keywords: mightier, oil, The Sword
«The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.»
«Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.»
«The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.»
«Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do»
«To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.»
«Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers.»
Author: Ralph Nader (Activist, Lawyer) | Keywords: obviously, oil, spills, train
«Plans are being discussed as to who will replace Dick Cheney if he has to resign for health reasons. It's not easy for President Bush, he can't just name a replacement. He would first have to be confirmed by the oil, gas and power companies.»
«To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.»
«The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.»
Author: Ovid (Author, Poet) | Keywords: Burns, lamp, oil, wick

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