We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
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ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
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EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.
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Certainty, When one is mistaken at the top of ones voice.
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