old adage

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The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily laden with emotion that discussion can quickly turn to shouting. Blood is shed over politics, religion and the two in combination. John Danforth

The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts' is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference. Judith McNaught

I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience. Paul Thomas Anderson

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before. Terri Windling

Regardless of the difficulties we may face individually, in our families, in our communities and in our nation, the old adage is still true - you can make excuses or you can make progress, but you cannot make both! The America I know doesn't make excuses. Mia Love

I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.' Kamala Harris

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