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Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually. -- Donald Rumsfeld
Man's chief difference from the brutes lies in the exuberant excess of his subjective propensities. Prune his extravagance, sober him, and you undo him. -- William James
Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute. -- Quintilian
Ant Prune was holding one of the squirrels in her hand. "?And once a day, we have ta clean their little private parts with a Q-tip, so they'll learn ta clean themselves.' That was a visual I didn't need -- Margaret Stohl
If you want your life to have impact, focus it! Stop dabbling. Stop trying to do it all. Do less. Prune away even good activities and do only that which matters most. Never confuse activity with productivity. You can be busy without a purpose, but what's the point? -- Rick Warren
You must prune dead or dying wood. -- Warren Giles
Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune. -- Tom Peters
I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers. -- Ogden Nash
I'm taking Viagra and drinking prune juice - I don't know if I'm coming or going. -- Rodney Dangerfield
Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results. -- Caskie Stinnett
Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions. -- John C. Maxwell
Why would one ever be so insane as to ditch a perfectly beautiful metaphor? Cut back, of course, prune if you like, so that the best metaphors are clear and sparkling. But I will throw out unread the book that promises me no metaphors inside. -- Marie Rutkoski
There's no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune. -- William Shakespeare
They climbed their ladders to wheedle and prune the trees into holiness -- Catherynne M. Valente
Happiness is discovering the prune juice your doctor ordered you to drink has fermented. -- Johnny Carson
Wine, women and song have been replaced by prune juice, a heating pad and the Gong Show. -- Bob Hope
The falcon and the dove sit there together, and the one of them doth prune the other's feather. -- Michael Drayton
Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth. -- Ron Brackin
Dinah Shore? Wonderful woman. Dinah formed a foundation to locate missing senior citizens by putting their pictures on prune juice bottles. -- Red Buttons
All in November's soaking mist We stand and prune the naked tree, While all our love and interest Seem quenched in the blue-nosed misery. -- Ruth Pitter
According to the statistics, a man eats a prune every twenty seconds. I don't know who this fellow is, but I know where to find him. -- Morey Amsterdam
Ineffective or weak brain connections are pruned in much the same way a gardener would prune a tree or bush, giving the plant a desired shape, -- Alison Gopnik
Do not economize on the hymeneal rites; do not prune them of their splendor, nor split farthings on the day when you are radiant. A wedding is not house-keeping. -- Victor Hugo
The heart will turn to a prune if love is always by the numbers. How will you know if someone really loves you if they only meet your expectations and not your needs? -- Robert Fulghum

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