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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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proverbiosIf there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. ~Lynda Resnick
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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