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  • 1fair and softly goes far in a day — c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 50 Fayre and softe me [one] ferre gose. 1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 87 Fair and softly goes far in a day... He that spurs on too fast at first setting out, tires before he comes to his journeys end. Festina lente. 1818… …

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  • 2fair — see fair and softly goes far in a day all’s fair in love and war fair play’s a jewel none but the brave deserve the fair a fair exchange is no robbery faint heart never won fair lady …

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  • 3softly — see softly, softly, catchee monkey fair and softly goes far in a day speak softly and carry a big stick …

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  • 4Minnesota State Fair — Coordinates: 44°59′8.79″N 93°10′6.37″W / 44.985775°N 93.1684361°W / 44.985775; 93.1684361 …

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  • 5speak softly and carry a big stick — United States President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) used this saying on a number of occasions, claiming it to be an old proverb, though there is no apparent evidence for this claim. The variant ‘walk softly..’ is occasionally found. 1901 T.… …

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  • 6Association football tactics and skills — There are various individual skills and team tactics needed to play effective Association football. Football is in theory a very simple game, as illustrated by Kevin Keegan s famous assertion that his tactics for winning a match were to score… …

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  • 7(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I — Single by Hank Snow Released 1952 Format 1952 Writer(s) Bill Trader Ha …

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  • 8Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan — In the past 125 years, Gilbert and Sullivan have pervasively influenced popular culture in the English speaking world.[1] Lines and quotations from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas have become part of the English language, such as short, sharp… …

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  • 9Major houses in A Song of Ice and Fire — The following is a list of the notable characters in George R. R. Martin s A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels, belonging to one of the major aristocratic houses of fictional Westeros, and explains in detail what happens to these …

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  • 10Leopold and Loeb — Nathan Leopold ca. 1924 Born November 19, 1904(1904 11 19) Chicago, Illinois, United States Died August 29, 1971( …

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