Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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quotistGeez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. ~Steve Waugh
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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proverbiosI have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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