The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances. ~Bryan Adams
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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