Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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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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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena? ~Dan Rather
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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