We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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I promote a healthy lifestyle. ~Kim Kardashian
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. ~Yelawolf
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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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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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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