Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level, My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers, both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the "Harmony For Humanity" e-Stage. ~Russell Simmons
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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