Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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