My friend Ann and I were eating at a Chinese restaurant. When the waiter set chopsticks at our places, Ann made a point of reaching into her purse and pulling out her own pair.
“As an environmentalist,” she declared, “I do not approve of destroying bamboo forests for throwaway utensils.”
The waiter inspected her chopsticks. “Very beautiful,” he said politely. “Ivory.”
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Wisdom teeth develop when you
bite off more than you can chew.
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“Unless a man undertakes more than he can possibly do,
he will never do all that he possibly can.” —Henry Drummond
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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though
everything depended on you. —Saint Augustine