Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and everything He stands for. I think that sums up everything that I want for my life, everything I want for my family, everything I want for my career. I want it to be entertaining. I want people to smile and tap their toes, but I want it to be meaningful when the day is done. ~Josh Turner
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I have always felt that kids are really smart. ~Michelle Trachtenberg
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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